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Advance directives, proxy opinions, and treatment restrictions in patients with severe stroke

BACKGROUND: Patients with severe stroke often do not have the capacity to participate in discussions on treatment restrictions because of a reduced level of consciousness, aphasia, or another cognitive disorder. We assessed the role of advance directives and proxy opinions in the decision-making pro...

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Autores principales: de Kort, Floor A. S., Geurts, Marjolein, de Kort, Paul L. M., van Tuijl, Julia H., van Thiel, Ghislaine J. M. W., Kappelle, L. Jaap, van der Worp, H. Bart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5686946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29137615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-017-0234-8