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ERIC Number: EJ236324
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980-Dec
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Medicine, Ethics, and the Elderly.
Gadow, Sally
Gerontologist, v20 n6 p680-85 Dec 1980
Medical ethical problems involving the elderly elucidate the relation between broader social views of aging and ethical principles basic to medicine. Three clinical situations are described and alternative principles of medical ethics are discussed as a basis for resolution of ethical problems in the health care of the elderly. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Ethics, Geriatrics, Gerontology, Individual Power, Medical Services, Older Adults, Primary Health Care, Quality of Life, Social Values, State of the Art Reviews
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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