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SUBMITTER: Bornet MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7491164 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bornet Marc-Antoine MA Rubli Truchard Eve E Waeber Gérard G Vollenweider Peter P Bernard Mathieu M Schmied Laure L Marques-Vidal Pedro P
BMC geriatrics 20200914 1
<h4>Background</h4>Elderly people frequently express the wish to die: this ranges from a simple wish for a natural death to a more explicit request for death. The frequency of the wish to die and its associated factors have not been assessed in acute hospitalization settings. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and determinants of the wish to die in elderly (≥65 years) patients hospitalized in an internal medicine ward.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study was conducted between 1 ...[more]