Getting to grips with the process of decision-making in long-term care. Descriptive cases illustrate the chaotic reality of the construction of preferences

• Catharina M. van Leersum ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: karin.vanleersum@maastrichtuniversity.nl

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-0794

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• Albine Moser ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Albine Moser, Ben van Steenkiste

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Research Centre for Autonomy and Participation of Persons with a Chronic Illness, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Heerlen, The Netherlands

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• Ben van Steenkiste ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Albine Moser, Ben van Steenkiste

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Judith R. L. M. Wolf ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Impuls–Netherlands Center for Social Care Research, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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• Trudy van der Weijden

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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