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Behavior
Research Probes Seniors' Plans for End-of-life Care
June 18th, 2007
As a brain-damaged woman named Terri Schiavo lived her final days in 2005, her family's bitter feuding imparted a tragic lesson about the importance of specifying one's wishes for end-of-life medical treatment. Yet, beyond headline-grabbing cases such as Schiavo's, what truly motivates people to plan for medical care at life's end' With record numbers of Americans - the Baby Boom generation - now reaching age 60, we still know surprisingly little about these decisions or the factors that shape them, says University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Deborah Carr. A study by Carr and her Rutgers University colleague Dmitry Khodyakov now offers insight...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-06-18)
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