Treatment decisions for the elderly.
Patients must be given the opportunity to make medical treatment choices. Based on legal and clinical precedents, guidelines must be established for determining the choice-making competency of persons unable to make their own decisions.
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Temple University College of Allied Health Professions, Philadelphia, PA.
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D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D008603:Mental Health; D010358:Patient Participation; D012380:Role; D014481:United States