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Every geriatric patient will face death, and every physician who cares for an elderly patient should be able to help patients confront death, make decisions about their dying, and live fully even while dying. This chapter deals with decisions about the goals to be achieved and the therapies that should be used. The following chapter concerns the therapies that physicians and other care-givers should be able to offer to dying patients (see Volume II, Chapter 23).
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Lynn, D.J. (1984). Deciding About Life-Sustaining Therapy. In: Cassel, C.K., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5232-0_22
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