title: Ethics corner: cases from the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for aged-friends.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged; Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School. E-mail: metzger@mail.hrca.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Eran D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Metzger
authors.forename: Muriel R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gillick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical / Q000592:standards*; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000523:psychology*; D033062:Friends; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000941:ethics*; D010358:Patient Participation; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D019727:Proxy; D011788:Quality of Life