Ethical issues in the care of the elderly
By: Dennis W. Jahnigen and Robert W. Schrier, editors.
Contributors: Jahnigen, Dennis W.; Schrier, Robert W., 1936-
Series: Clinics in geriatric medicine -- v. 2, no. 3 (August, 1986).
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Toronto, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Aged -- Medical care -- United States.; Medical ethics -- United States.
Notes: 3
Table of contents: value: Foreword; value: The doctor/patient relationship in geriatric care / Dennis W. Jahnigen and Robert W. Schrier; value: The physician and resource allocation / Mark A. Yarborough and Andrew M. Kramer; value: Technology assessment: how effective is medical care? / Anne E. Hazelton; value: High technology in geriatric care / Paul A. Haber; value: Informed consent and the elderly patient / Frank H. Marsh; value: Refusal of treatment / Frank H. Marsh.; value: (cont.): Living wills and other advance directives / Alan E. Lazaroff and William F. Orr; value: Resuscitation decisions / Thomas L. Petty; value: Brain death and persistent vegatative states / Sylvia K. Oboler; value: Driving and aging / Jane L. Graca; value: Restraining the elderly patient / Laurence J. Robbins; value: Nursing home care / James S. Wood; value: Hospice care / L. Mary Mathew and James H. Scully.