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Physicians’ decreased tendency to choose palliative care for patients with advanced dementia between 1999 and 2015

BACKGROUND: Physicians’ decision-making for seriously ill patients with advanced dementia is of high importance, especially as the prevalence of dementia is rising rapidly, and includes many challenging ethical, medical and juridical aspects. We assessed the change in this decision-making over 16 ye...

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Autores principales: Haapasalmi, Saila, Piili, Reetta P., Metsänoja, Riina, Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Pirkko-Liisa I., Lehto, Juho T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8312352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34311739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00811-5