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Introduction

Informing a patient of therapeutic decisons would require the patient was capable of understanding what you were telling them.

Thus some form of cognitive assessment would be essential.

Shared decision making should be employed if the patient is cognitively intact.

* Frailty assessment trumps cognitive assessment in informing elderly of therapeutic decisions[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022