Sunday, June 01, 2014

Most doctors who were terminally ill would AVOID aggressive treatments such as chemotherapy - despite recommending it to their patients...

Most doctors would turn down the option of aggressive treatment if they were terminally ill, a study has found.

They say they would opt for a 'do not resuscitate’ approach should they find themselves on the receiving end of medical treatment.

Yet they tend to pursue aggressive, life-prolonging treatment for patients facing the same prognosis, Stanford University School of Medicine found.

However, studies found many patients would prefer to die at home without life-prolonging interventions but are often ignored.

The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found 88.3 per cent of doctors would choose ‘do not resuscitate’ orders for themselves and argued the reason behind this disparity and how patients are treated needed to be better understood.

Clinical associate professor of medicine Dr VJ Periyakoil said: ‘Why do we physicians choose to pursue such aggressive treatment for our patients when we wouldn't choose it for ourselves? The reasons likely are multifaceted and complex.’ Full story...

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