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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Management
Basis for recommendation
This information is based on guidance from the General Medical Council, Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making [GMC, 2010]; guidance on the Mental Capacity Act from government departments and the British Medical Association [Office of the Public Guardian, 2005; BMA, 2007; Department for Constitutional Affairs, 2007; BMA, 2008; BMA, 2009]; and review articles [Curtis, 2008; Halpin et al, 2008; Nicholson et al, 2008; Spathis and Booth, 2008].
- The statements in relation to the usefulness of advance decisions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be limited are based on expert opinion in review articles [Halpin et al, 2008; Spathis and Booth, 2008] and from CKS reviewers.
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