Ethical issues relating to the use of antimicrobial therapy in older adults

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1697-1705

  Marcus, E L ^a   Clarfield, A M ^a,c   Moses, A E ^b  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0035889573     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323757     Document Type: Review

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