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See Latest ArticlesInfluence of Malignancy on the Decision to Withhold or Withdraw Life-Sustaining Therapy in Critically Ill Patients
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 08/04/09
Cavallazzi R et al. – The study showed that critically ill patients with malignancy are more likely to have their life–sustaining therapy withheld or withdrawn than those without malignancy after adjusting for severity of disease. This finding may be related to a perception that critically ill patients with malignancy have worse prognosis as compared with those without malignancy.
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