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Medical treatment preferences of nursing home residents
 — relationship to function and concordance with surrogate decision-makers
Author(s)K Walker, S Gilliland, K Vance-Bryan, J Moody
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 41, no 9, September 1993
Pagespp 953-960
KeywordsMedical care ; Terminal care.
AnnotationThe objectives of the study were to compare the treatment decisions made by patients with those made by their self-selected proxy, to establish the effect of health status on treatment decisions and to explore the relationship of residents sociodemographic characteristics, functional status, depressive symptoms, cognitive ability and risk aversion to their own and the proxy's decision.
Accession NumberCPA-950118024 A
ClassmarkLK: LV

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