Complying with ethical principles in elderly and frail patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
Introduction: In 2016, in Europe (EU), 27.3 million people were aged > 80 (the so-called "elderly people"), and this value will likely increase up to 7 million more in ten years time. Portugal follows that world trend and has presently the fifth highest proportion of elderly people in t...
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde
2019-06-01
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Series: | Cadernos de Saúde |
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Online Access: | https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/cadernosdesaude/article/view/5306 |