Are elderly people with co-morbidities involved adequately in medical decision making when hospitalised? A cross-sectional survey

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ekdahl, Anne W ^a,b   Andersson, Lars ^b   Wiréhn, Ann Britt ^b   Friedrichsen, Maria ^a,b  

^a VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80051787238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-46     Document Type: Review

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