Life-sustaining treatment and assisted death choices in depressed older patients
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This article examines the relationship between depression and end-of-life care choices in a sample of hospitalized older patients. Findings indicate that depressed older patients were more likely to accept euthanasia and assisted suicide in hypothetical cases and were more likely to reject life-sustaining treatment based on financial consequences than nondepressed patients.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2001
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End-of-life decision making, therapeutic jurisprudence, and preventive law: Hierarchical v. concensus-based decision-making model
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This article examines the guidelines laid down for the health care providers who are involved in providing end-of-life (terminal) care and treatment.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2000
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Simvastatin causes changes in affective processes in elderly volunteers
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A study examining affective and affect changes caused due to the induction of simvastatin in elderly volunteers, is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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