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Clinical intervention in aging: ethicolegal issues in assessing risk and benefit

The ethical dimension of treating the elderly, including risk–benefit analysis, focuses mainly on quality of life and end-of-life issues. These include arguments on advance directives and the concept of extraordinary treatments. This paper looks more closely at the philosophical approach to aging in...

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Autor principal: Mallia, Pierre
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2998245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21152239
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S15001