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Title:

Development and testing of an informative guide about palliative care for family caregivers of people with advanced dementia.

Document type:
Article; Journal Article
Author(s):
Riedl, Lina; Bertok, Manuela; Hartmann, Julia; Fischer, Julia; Rossmeier, Carola; Dinkel, Andreas; Ortner, Marion; Diehl-Schmid, Janine
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Since people with advanced dementia are usually not able to make complex decisions, it is usually the family caregivers, as proxies, who have to decide on treatments and their termination. However, these decisions are difficult for the caregivers to make, as they are often inadequately informed and cannot properly assess the consequences; moreover, they are concerned about harming the sick person. We aimed to first develop an informative booklet about palliative care issues for care...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
BMC Palliat Care
Year:
2020
Journal volume:
19
Journal issue:
1
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1186/s12904-020-0533-3
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32164707
Print-ISSN:
1472-684X
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
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