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Surveyed on what matters at the end, patients ranked being mentally aware, being at peace and not being a burden far higher than their physicians did.

Karen Steinhauser and colleagues, 2000 · national survey of 340 seriously ill patients, 332 bereaved families and 790 clinicians

Factors considered important at the end of life by patients, family, physicians, and other care providers, JAMA 284(19), 2476-2482

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Karen Steinhauser and colleagues: Surveyed on what matters at the end, patients ranked being mentally aware, being at peace and not being a burden far higher than their physicians did.