Making difficult decisions with older patients on medical wards

Decision making with older people can be difficult because of medical complexity, uncertainty (about prognosis, treatment effectiveness and priorities), difficulties brought by cognitive and communication impairment and the multiple family and other stakeholders who may need to be involved. The usua...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical medicine (London, England) England), 2017-08, Vol.17 (4), p.353-356
Hauptverfasser:	Khizar, Bushra, Harwood, Rowan H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged CME Geriatric medicine Cognitive impairment Decision Making end-of-life care Ethics Hospitals Humans Older people Patients' Rooms Physicians professional Terminal Care
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