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Patients Lacking the Capacity to Consent to Hip Fracture Surgery May Be Undergoing Major Operations Without Their Next of Kin Being Involved in Best-Interests Decisions: A Quality Improvement Report
Background Cognitively impaired patients with a hip fracture may be undergoing major operations without attempts being made to involve their next of kin (NoK) in best-interest decisions. Methods We used the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methodology to guide our quality improvement (QI) project. Cognitive...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8742997/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028219 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20322 |