End of life content in geriatric textbooks: what is the current situation?

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Table 2 Content rating of end-of-life care across the ten domains

Textbook	Disease	No information (%)	Minimally helpful information (%)	Helpful information present (%)	Content rating by disease	Content rating by textbook
Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (6^th edition, 2003)	Alzheimer's Disease	18	45	36	0.59
	Stroke	18	45	36	0.59
	Chronic Heart Failure	55	36	9	0.27	0.45
	COPD	36	18	45	0.55
	Lung Cancer	55	36	9	0.27
Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine (2^nd edition, 2000)	Alzheimer's Disease	36	45	18	0.41
	Stroke	9	36	55	0.73
	Chronic Heart Failure	63	27	9	0.23	0.47
	COPD	9	73	18	0.55
	Lung Cancer	27	55	18	0.45
Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology-Hazzard et al (5^th edition, 2003)	Alzheimer's Disease	55	27	18	0.32
	Stroke	55	27	18	0.32
	Chronic Heart Failure	0	55	45	0.73	0.45
	COPD	45	36	18	0.36
	Lung Cancer	36	27	36	0.50
The Merck Manual of Geriatrics (3^rd edition, 2000)	Alzheimer's Disease	9	36	55	0.73
	Stroke	18	45	36	0.59
	Chronic Heart Failure	18	73	9	0.45	0.63
	COPD	0	36	63	0.82
	Lung Cancer	18	55	27	0.55
Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics-Kane (5^th edition, 2003)	Alzheimer's Disease	18	45	36	0.59
	Stroke	73	18	9	0.18
	Chronic Heart Failure	91	9	0	0.05	0.27
	COPD	-	-	-	-
	Lung Cancer	-	-	-	-

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