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Gender-dependence of substituted judgment on quality of life in patients with dementia

BACKGROUND: Substituted judgment asks the proxy to decide what the patient would have decided, had he or she been competent. It is unclear whether substituted judgment of the patient's quality of life can serve as a surrogate measure in patients with dementia. METHODS: 212 patients with dementi...

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Autores principales: Schiffczyk, Claudia, Jonas, Christina, Lahmeyer, Constanze, Müller, Friedemann, Riepe, Matthias W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21961477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-11-118