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A mixed methods investigation of end-of-life surrogate decisions among older adults

https://bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12904-020-00553-w

A large number of end-of-life decisions are made by a next-of-kin for a patient who has lost their decision-making capacity. This has given rise to investigations into how surrogates make these decisions.

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For more information about the iCAN-ACP project, please contact:

Project Leader: Dr. John You jyou@mcmaster.ca

Study Coordinator: Marilyn Swinton swinton@mcmaster.ca

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This research is funded by Canadian Frailty Network (known previously as Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network, TVN), supported by Government of Canada through Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program.

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