This is true. It’s something like 80% of the public wants “everything possible” done to sustain life.
80% of physicians (and likely most nurses from personal experience) want only noninvasive treatment measures to sustain life.
It’s why I’m a huge proponent of getting palliative care consults. It is focused on quality of life and has better outcomes in both disease remission and end of life care. It is wildly underutilized and underfunded as a resource.
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Reply to comment by No_big_whoop in Family Dynamics and Doctors' Emotions Drive Useless End-of-Life Care. Surveys repeatedly indicate that nearly all people would rather die peacefully at home, yet painful, long-shot treatments remain common, and efforts to reduce usage have failed by Wagamaga
This is true. It’s something like 80% of the public wants “everything possible” done to sustain life.
80% of physicians (and likely most nurses from personal experience) want only noninvasive treatment measures to sustain life.
It’s why I’m a huge proponent of getting palliative care consults. It is focused on quality of life and has better outcomes in both disease remission and end of life care. It is wildly underutilized and underfunded as a resource.