| Tittel: | Potential overtreatment during life-limiting illness and end of life in older adults | | Signatur: | Elektronisk dokument | | Ansvar: | Máté Szilcz | | Forfatter: | Szilcz, Máté  | | Materialtype: | Elektronisk dokument | | Utgitt: | Stockholm : Karolinska Institutet, 2023 | | Omfang: | 1 b. | | ISBN/ISSN: | 978-91-8017-161-8 | | Emneord: | Aldersdemens / Demente / Eldre / Innleggelser / Kreft / Livsforlengende behandling / Livskvalitet / Overbehandling / Smertebehandling / Terminal pleie | | Note: | Doktorgradsavhandling, Karolinska institutet. | | Innhold: | Our findings suggest that older adults and seriously ill individuals are potentially exposed to various types of treatment near the end of life that may be deemed as overtreatment, which warrants further attention from policy makers, healthcare professionals, researchers, and the society as a whole. Overly intensive care, fuelled by disease modifying treatments, preventive therapies and frequent transitions close to death is generally against the preferences of older people. Important to note that reducing or eliminating these types of treatments is not about rationing healthcare or denying treatment, but rather about ensuring that patients spend their last months in good quality care, characterised by symptom management and avoidance of unnecessary and preventable risks factors and adverse effects. | | Eier: | HELSTILS |
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