Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
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Comparative Study
Predicting elderly outpatients' life-sustaining treatment preferences over time: the majority rules.
This study describes longitudinal changes in the composition and accuracy of modal life-sustaining treatment preferences as predictors of patients' treatment preferences. ⋯ Models using modal preferences are useful to patients, surrogates, and physicians when trying to accurately discern end-of-life treatment choices, but the models must be updated periodically.