Medical Maximizing Tendencies and Acceptance of Life Expectancy–Based Cancer Screening

This survey study evaluates how individuals who prefer to receive additionl health tests even when those tests may have limited value or cause harm (ie, medical maximizers), would respond to their clinicians’ suggestion to not undergo cancer screening on the basis of limited life expectancy.

Corresponding Author: Laura E. Brotzman, PhD, MPH, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Ave, Mason F. Lord Building, Center Tower, 7th floor, Baltimore, MD 21224 (lbrotzm3@jh.edu).

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