Accounting for Patient Preferences Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment in Evaluations of Medical Effectiveness and Quality.

Check out this paper authored by CIIS co-director, Allan Walkey. Abstract: The importance of understanding patient preferences for life-sustaining treatment is well-described for individual clinical decisions; however, its role in evaluations of healthcare outcomes and quality has received little attention. Decisions to limit life-sustaining therapies are strongly associated with high risks of death in ways […]

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