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Case Reports
. 2000 Oct;173(4):274-7.
doi: 10.1136/ewjm.173.4.274.

When should physicians forgo curative treatment of pneumonia in patients with dementia? Using a guideline for decision-making

J T van der Steen  1 , T de Graas, M E Ooms, G van der Wal, M W Ribbe
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Case Reports

When should physicians forgo curative treatment of pneumonia in patients with dementia? Using a guideline for decision-making

J T van der Steen et al. West J Med. 2000 Oct.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Slightly adapted version of the front page of the “checklist of considerations” (from the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine [Instituut voor Extramuraal Geneeskundig Onderzoek; EMGO]/Department of General Practice, Nursing Home Medicine and Social Medicine [Vakgroep Huisarts, Verpleeghuis—en Sociale Geneeskund; HVSG] Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Part D of the decision-making questionnaire. WGBO = Dutch law on the medical treatment agreement (Wet op de Geneeskundige Behandelings Overeenkomst).
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