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Goals for the care of frail older adults: do caregivers and clinicians agree?

The American Journal of Medicine, ISSN: 0002-9343, Vol: 110, Issue: 2, Page: 97-102
2001
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PURPOSE: Establishing shared treatment goals for patients may improve the quality of care by facilitating achievement of appropriate and desired outcomes. The purpose of this study was to describe types of family caregiver and physician treatment goals for frail elderly patients who had a high prevalence of cognitive impairment, and to ascertain the level of agreement between family caregivers and physicians on principal treatment goals.

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