Ethical issues in geriatric psychiatry

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-273

  Rabins, Peter V ^a   Black, Betty S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; ELDER ABUSE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF NEGLECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ELDER ABUSE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROXY;

EID: 77953337836     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.484016     Document Type: Review

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