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Rutgers University: Terminally Ill Who Request Doctors Make Decisions For Them Undergo More Aggressive Final Treatments
June 19, 2019
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 19 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news:

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- Rutgers study finds dying patients accept aggressive or experimental treatments even if it lessens their quality of life

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By Patti Verbanas

Terminally ill patients who request that physicians make decisions on their behalf are more likely to receive aggressive treatments in the weeks before they die, according to a . . .

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