title: Obtaining consent in the elderly patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crowe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000758:Anesthesia; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016312:Treatment Refusal