발행년 : | 2016 |
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구분 : | 국외학술지 |
학술지명 : | JAMA |
관련링크 : | http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2482318 |
End-of-Life Care Intensity for Physicians, Lawyers, and the General Population
JAMA. 2016 Jan 19;315(3):303-5.
This study uses Medicare death records to compare the intensity of end-of-life care received by physicians, lawyers, and the general US population.
Care at the end of life must balance intensity of treatment with quality of life. Previous research has not determined whether physicians, the group most familiar with end-of-life care, receive higher or lower intensity end-of-life treatments compared with nonphysicians