JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 42-51, January 2010

Preferences Versus Practice: Life-Sustaining Treatments in Last Months of Life in Long-Term Care

  • Holly Biola, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
    • Piedmont Health Services, Scott Community Health Center, Burlington, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Holly Biola, MD, MPH, Scott Community Health Center, 5270 Union Ridge Road, Burlington, NC 27217.
    • ,
  • Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • ,
  • Christianna S. Williams, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Abt Associates Inc, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Timothy P. Daaleman, DO, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • ,
  • Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 This work was supported by grants R01 AG18967, K02 AG00970, and K23 AG001030 from the National Institute on Aging. H.B. was supported by a National Research Service Award Primary Care Research grant (T32 HP-14001–19) from the Health Resources and Services Administration as well as the Duke University Geriatrics Fellowship program. The authors have no other relevant financial disclosures to report.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00253-9

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2009.07.005

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 42-51, January 2010

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