From: Older adults' beliefs about physician-estimated life expectancy: a cross-sectional survey
Participants' response | Domain | Example |
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Agree or strongly agree | 1) ability to plan | 1) "If it's positive, if they think I'm going to live a long while, I could plan accordingly. It would help you get your house in order, so to speak, if it's negative, if I only have a little time left to live." |
 | 2) communication preferences | 2) "Because I have a right to know what he's thinking about, I wouldn't go to a doctor who wouldn't talk to me or communicate freely." |
 | 3) knowledge preferences | 3) "I want to know as much as I can about myself. I'm not afraid to be told I may die or when." |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 1) ability to plan | 1) "It might discombobulate me and interfere with my will to live." |
 | 2) communication preferences | 2) "What for? What will be accomplished by that conversation, as long as I'm healthy? If I were seriously ill, I'd want to make provisions while I could, for my family." |
 | 3) knowledge preferences | 3) "It would color all of your decisions and I don't think you should be making them on a guesstimate!" |