Decision making about medical interventions in the end-of-life care of people with intellectual disabilities: A national survey of the considerations and beliefs of GPs, ID physicians and care staff

Highlights • Professionals believe that considerations about quality of life are most important. • Quality of life and wellbeing are frequently taken into account in decisions about medical interventions. • Seventy percent believe that people with ID should always be informed about interventions. • Family's wishes are explicitly considered more often than the wishes of the person with ID.