title: Ethical dilemmas of pressure ulcers.
abstract: Provocative questions regarding ethical dilemmas surrounding care of patients with pressure ulcers are discussed under the aspects of etiology, epidemiology, prevention, malnutrition, anemia, incontinence, pressure, medical and surgical management and socio-economic factors. Two sometimes conflicting moral schools, that of "Beneficence" and "Utilitarian," form the framework for posing ethical dilemmas.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Petro
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors