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May 23, 2011 | Journal Article
A study of older people's willingness to take medication to prevent cardiovascular disease according to their assessment of the medication's benefits and harms found that their willingness to take a medication is predicated more on its harms than on its benefits.
January 13, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2007 to 2010, a team of researchers at Yale University School of Medicine conducted a study examining how both older adults and clinicians view the tradeoffs faced by patients facing multiple medical conditions.
January 10, 2011 | Journal Article
A study of how primary care clinicians approach treatment decision-making for older patients with multiple diseases found that clinicians struggle with applying disease-specific guidelines and face a lack of resources and a variety of barriers to determining the ideal approach to care.