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Advance care plans and hospitalized frail older adults: a systematic review

https://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2020/04/17/bmjspcare-2019-002093

Frail older people are known to have low rates of advance care planning (ACP). Many frail patients prefer less aggressive treatment, but these preferences are often not known or respected.

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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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