Objectives.—To improve end-of-life decision making and reduce the frequency of a
mechanically supported, painful, and prolonged process of dying. Design.—A 2-year …

Physicians have to address the question of the measures to be employed in the event that a
patient's condition deteriorates after admission to the hospital. To identify the information that …

Troubling aspects of the experiences of patients at the ends of their lives have fueled interest
in special benefits or privileges for this group. There is a presumption that being" at the end …

Background: Relatively little attention has been paid to how physicians care for dying
patients once an initial decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment is made. Objectives: To …

Objective: To develop and validate a prognostic model that estimates survival over a 180-
day period for seriously ill hospitalized adults (phase I of SUPPORT [Study to Understand …

Chart review of patients who died in the hospital was used to describe the pattern of end-of-
life decision-making and care for hospitalized dying patients and to propose a structured …

OBJECTIVES: The Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and
Risks of Treatments (SUPPORT) project was a study of 9105 seriously ill patients, 4274 of …

Objectives: The difficult decision to forgo (withhold or withdraw) life-sustaining treatment has
received extensive commentary. Little attention has been paid to how physicians do, and …

Objective: Chronic critical illness is a devastating syndrome for which treatment offers limited
clinical benefit but imposes heavy burdens on patients, families, clinicians, and the health …

Study objective To compare and contrast use oftechnology, pharmacology, and physician
variability in end-of-life careof ICU patients dying with or without active life support. Design …