Researchers question use of aggressive life-saving treatments for dying elderly

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Updated September 17 2018 - 10:48am, first published August 31 2018 - 12:00pm
GENTLER APPROACH: Researchers believe doctors should use restraint when offering invasive procedures for frail, older patients.
GENTLER APPROACH: Researchers believe doctors should use restraint when offering invasive procedures for frail, older patients.

FRAIL, elderly patients at the end of their lives are unnecessarily enduring aggressive medical procedures in an effort to keep them alive, according to researchers.

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Eileen Wood

Senior Journalist

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