title: The Unbefriended Patient: An Exercise in Ethical Clinical Reasoning.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, 94121, USA. denise.connor@ucsf.edu.|Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. denise.connor@ucsf.edu.|San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, USA. denise.connor@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Denise M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Connor
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Service, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: G David
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Elkin
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kewchang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.|Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, 94121, USA.|Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Whelan
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009014:Morals; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
keywords: aging; ethics; informed consent; medical decision-making; vulnerable populations