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...

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Auteurs principaux: McGovern, Madeline M., McTague, Michael F., Stevens, Erin, Medina, Juan Carlos Nunez, Franco-Garcia, Esteban, Heng, Marilyn
Format: Online Article Texte
Langue:English
Publié: SAGE Publications 2021
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Medical Student Corner
Accès en ligne:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8020399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21514593211003065

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

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