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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Autores principales: Klomstad, Kristin, Pedersen, Reidar, Førde, Reidun, Romøren, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
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

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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

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