Cataract surgery in the patient with dementia: Justified paternalism?

Insight - Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-12

  Piazza, Deanna ^a,b,c  

^a Pacific Surgery Center   (United States)

^b ASORN ^*  (United States)

^c National Certifying Board for Ophthalmic Registered Nursing

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; NURSING; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; BENEFICENCE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEMENTIA; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030114912     PISSN: 1060135X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-135X(96)90024-X     Document Type: Article

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