Perceptions of Patients and Their Families Regarding Limitation of Therapeutic Effort in the Intensive Care Unit.
Juan Carlos Muñoz CamargoAntonio Hernández-MartínezJulián Javier Rodríguez AlmagroMaría Laura Parra-FernandezMaría Del Carmen Prado-LagunaMairena MartínPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
More than half of the participants would agree to limit treatment in the case of a poor prognosis. Our results indicate that patients do not prepare for the dying process well in advance. Religion and educational level were determining factors for the choice of procedures at the end of life, both for patients and their families.