[Patient care and ethics. VI. Expensive treatments and the very old patient].
On the basis of a case report in which a 92-year-old patient requests treatment with dental implants, the question is raised whether there is a moral justification to deny the wishes of the patient.
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Faculteit der Wijsbegeerte van de Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam.
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den Dekker
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000592:standards*; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000191:economics*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D016079:Refusal to Treat
Patiëntenzorg en ethiek. VI. Kostbare voorzieningen en de hoogbejaarde patiënt.