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End of life treatment decisions in people with dementia
— carers' views and the factors which influence them | | Author(s) | Dawn Potkins, Sonia Bradley, Jay Shrimanker, |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 11, November 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1005-1008 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Terminal care ; Informal care ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | A survey of 50 carers of people with dementia found that many wish for them to have active treatment in life-threatening situations. Carers' decisions are not strongly linked to disease parameters affecting quality of life. Improved discussion of end-of-life decisions and patient advocates may be helpful. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001221210 A |
| Classmark | EA: LV: P6: DP |
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