A study of the participation of elderly patients in planning for discharge from acute care hospitals found that most patients participate actively, but that poor patient condition inhibits full participation. Family control over decision making also limits participation, even for those patients who appear able to make their own decisions.
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Julie S. Abramson (1988) studied this question.
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