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End-of-life issues in elderly patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

BENJAMIN LIPTZIN
BENJAMIN LIPTZIN
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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Abstract

Objective: To describe elderly-specific issues in end-of-life care.

Methods: Literature review and case examples.

Results: There is great heterogeneity in elderly patients' responses to end-of-life care.

Significance of results: Developmental and individual issues need to be considered in end-of-life discussions.

Keywords

AgingElderlyEnd-of-lifeCare planning
Type
Research Article
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 155 - 157
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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