Self-neglect and resistance to intervention: Ethical challenges for clinicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1926-1927

  Torke, Alexia M ^a,b,c,d   Sachs, Greg A ^a,b,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SELF NEGLECT; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 56749169207     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0807-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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