Table 4.
Theme 4: Future Medical Treatment | Area of Focus | Quotes No. | Quotes From Patients |
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End-of-life decisions | End-of-life issues | 1. | “My daughter would know what I wanted. The family would not want me to suffer” |
Advance decisions | Advance directives | 2. | “In my living will I did say I did not want the Liverpool pathway. I don’t mind being put down but I object to being starved and parched to death” |
No advance plans made | 3. | “I am too young. I haven’t got anything in place. I don’t want to think about it yet” | |
DBS | 4. | “They have talked about DBS. No way would I let that happen!” |