Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 233-240 , August 2010

“They do what they think is the best for me.” Frail elderly patients’ preferences for participation in their care during hospitalization

  • Anne W. Ekdahl

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Department, Vrinnevi Hospital, Norrköping, Sweden
    • Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Kungsgatan 40, SE 601 74 Norrköping, Sweden. Tel.: +46 73 84 84 250.
    • ,
  • Lars Andersson

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life, Linköping University, Sweden
    • ,
  • Maria Friedrichsen

      Affiliations

    • Palliative Education and Research Center, Unit of Palliative Care, Sweden
    • Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden

Received 4 March 2009 ,Revised 20 October 2009 ,Accepted 28 October 2009.

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PII: S0738-3991(09)00516-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.026

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 233-240 , August 2010

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