title: Ethical challenges in geriatrics and long-term care.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Canadian population, like that of other western countries, is aging.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review ethical issues related to clinical practice, research, and resource allocation in the geriatric and long-term care population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Through the use of case histories and relevant literature review, we explore issues in geriatrics and long-term care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is incumbent on health-care providers involved in geriatrics and long-term care to be sensitive to the ethical issues that surround decision-making in the later years of life. It is through this process that we can be humane professionals in a caring society.
authors.affiliation: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 3560 Bathurst St., Toronto ON M6A 2E1, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Z R S
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006292:Health Priorities; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D011788:Quality of Life; D040841:Resource Allocation; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology; D028761:Withholding Treatment