Life-sustaining treatment preferences in older patients when referred to the emergency department for acute geriatric assessment: a descriptive study in a Dutch hospital
Abstract Background In many cases, life-sustaining treatment preferences are not timely discussed with older patients. Advance care planning (ACP) offers medical professionals an opportunity to discuss patients’ preferences. We assessed how often these preferences were known when older patients were referred to the emergency department (ED) for an acute geriatric assessment. Methods We conducted a descriptive study on patients referred to the ED for an acute geriatric assessment in a Dutch hospital. Patients were referred by general practitioners (GPs), or in the case of nursing home residents... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Geriatrics, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021) |
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Schlagwörter: | Advance care planning / Palliative care / Emergency department / Geriatric assessment / Referral / Preferences regarding life-sustaining treatment / Geriatrics / RC952-954.6 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26626807 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-02002-y |