Frail and Elderly Hospital Patients : The Challenge of Participation in Medical Decision Making
Background: In research, patient participation in medical decision-making has been shown to be associated with higher patient satisfaction and improvement of treatment outcomes. But when it comes to patient participation when being old and frail there are pitfalls and the research in this area is sp...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Linköpings universitet, Hälsa, Aktivitet, Vård (HAV)
2012
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-81408 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7519-947-4 |