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Involvement in decisions about intravenous treatment for nursing home patients: nursing homes versus hospital wards
BACKGROUND: Many of the elderly in nursing homes are very ill and have a reduced quality of life. Life expectancy is often hard to predict. Decisions about life-prolonging treatment should be based on a professional assessment of the patient’s best interest, assessment of capacity to consent, and on...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941318/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29739393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-018-0258-5 |