Continuing care - should geriatricians re-engage?
Autor: | Tony Luxton, Simon Conroy |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
Předmět: |
Aging
medicine.medical_specialty education behavioral disciplines and activities State Medicine Enteral Nutrition Nursing medicine Humans Ethics Medical Mental Competency Patient Care Team Geriatrics Continuing care business.industry Persistent Vegetative State General Medicine Middle Aged Subarachnoid Hemorrhage humanities England Female Curriculum Housing for the Elderly Geriatrics and Gerontology Advance Directives business Medical Futility |
Zdroj: | Age and Ageing. 33:525-527 |
ISSN: | 1468-2834 0002-0729 |
Popis: | Continuing care settings cater for some of the most disabled individuals. Their care can often present major ethical dilemmas; teams involved in such care require a broad range of skills. We illustrate this with a challenging case history and discuss specific dilemmas, including investigation and treatment in the absence of specific consent and advance directives. We suggest that continuing care should be recognised as a valuable component of training in geriatric medicine. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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