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Article: Care for terminally ill patients often depends on doctors' personal beliefs.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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2004 SEP 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quality of life and care for terminally ill patients is often dictated by the specific options and treatment recommendations offered by their doctors, according to a new study.
Nine hundred members of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists were surveyed to determine their opinions and decisions regarding end-of-life choices and patients with incurable diseases. The study was published in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.
Results revealed that a physician's level of comfort in discussing death, his medical ethics training, and his religious affiliations were pertinent factors affecting the ...