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Titel:

Advance directives and power of attorney for health care in the oldest-old - results of the AgeQualiDe study.

Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Autor(en):
Luck, Tobias; Rodriguez, Francisca S; Wiese, Birgitt; van der Leeden, Carolin; Heser, Kathrin; Bickel, Horst; In der Schmitten, Jürgen; Koenig, Hans-Helmut; Weyerer, Siegfried; Mamone, Silke; Mallon, Tina; Wagner, Michael; Weeg, Dagmar; Fuchs, Angela; Brettschneider, Christian; Werle, Jochen; Scherer, Martin; Maier, Wolfgang; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G
Abstract:
Completion of advance directives (ADs) and power of attorney (POA) documents may protect a person's autonomy in future health care situations when the individual lacks decisional capacity. As such situations become naturally much more common in old age, we specifically aimed at providing information on (i) the frequency of ADs/POA in oldest-old individuals and (ii) factors associated with having completed ADs/POA.We analyzed data of oldest-old primary care patients (85+ years; including communi...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
BMC Geriatr
Jahr:
2017
Band / Volume:
17
Heft / Issue:
1
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
85
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1186/s12877-017-0482-8
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28407800
Print-ISSN:
1471-2318
TUM Einrichtung:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
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