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SUBMITTER: Klomstad K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5941318 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC medical ethics 20180508 1
<h4>Background</h4>Many of the elderly in nursing homes are very ill and have a reduced quality of life. Life expectancy is often hard to predict. Decisions about life-prolonging treatment should be based on a professional assessment of the patient's best interest, assessment of capacity to consent, and on the patient's own wishes. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare how these types of decisions were made in nursing homes and in hospital wards.<h4>Methods</h4>Using a questio ...[more]