Impact of Age on Consent in a Geriatric Orthopaedic Trauma Patient Population

INTRODUCTION: Persistent misconceptions of frailty and dementia in geriatric patients impact physician-patient communication and leave patients vulnerable to disempowerment. Physicians may inappropriately focus the discussion of treatment options to health care proxies instead of patients. Our study...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: McGovern, Madeline M., McTague, Michael F., Stevens, Erin, Medina, Juan Carlos Nunez, Franco-Garcia, Esteban, Heng, Marilyn
Format: Online Artikel Text
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: SAGE Publications 2021
Schlagworte:
Medical Student Corner
Online Zugang:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8020399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21514593211003065

Online

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8020399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21514593211003065

Ähnliche Einträge