We investigated whether perceived quality of life is associated with for life-sustaining treatment for older adults. Participants chronically ill, elderly outpatients (N=258) and their primary (N=105). Patients and physicians were independently administered a regarding patient quality of life and preferences for resuscitation and mechanical ventilation for the patient. rated patients' global quality of life, physical comfort, mobility,, anxiety, and family relationships significantly worse than did. Nearly all perceptions of patients' quality of life were associated with physicians' perceptions, but not patients' preferences. Patient-physician agreement on patient global quality life was not significantly associated with agreement regarding treatment. We conclude that primary physicians generally consider their outpatients' quality of life to be worse than do the patients....
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R. F. Uhlmann (1991) studied this question.