Physicians’ beliefs may override cancer patients’ wishes for end-of-life care

Physicians’ beliefs may override cancer patients’ wishes for end-of-life care

Physicians’ beliefs may override cancer patients’ wishes for end-of-life care, study finds

By ORLY NADELL FARBER

JULY 9, 2018

Geographic variation in the intensity of cancer treatment stems more from physicians’ discomfort navigating end-of-life choices than from patients’ wishes.

READ MORE