Religion, Risk, and Medical Decision Making at the End of Life

Not all dimensions of religiousness have the same association with willingness to undergo potentially life-sustaining treatment. Seriously ill older, religious patients are not especially predisposed to avoid risk and resist treatment

Actuarial science · Business · End-of-life care · Medical decision making · Medical emergency · Palliative care · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Gerontology

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