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Peer reviewedWetle, Terrie; And Others – Gerontologist, 1988
Examined models for predicting treatment decisions of physicians, nurses, and social workers within acute and long-term care settings. Elicited treatment choices to vignettes regarding decisions to allocate scarce medical resource and to withhold treatment from debilitated patient. Primarily medical factors predicted decision to allocate…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Geriatrics, Medical Services, Models
