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Decision-making capacity
— the core of self-neglect | | Author(s) | XinQi Dong, Martin Gorbien |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 17, no 3, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 19-36 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Neglect [care] ; Elder abuse ; Social ethics ; Rights [elderly] ; Case studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Self-neglect in older people is a pervasive public health issue that affects 1.2. million older Americans each year. In working with self-neglect cases, ethical issues are often raised that challenge all professionals. Professional and family's wishes to remove obstacles in the well-being of an older person may be directly in opposition to the individual's wishes. The core of many ethical dilemmas resides in the question of the individual decision-making capacity. Issues surrounding decision-making capacity are complex with many confounding factors. Through case discussion, fundamental ethical issues of decision-making capacity relating to self-neglect are explored and strategies offered to resolve these dilemmas. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060105002 A |
| Classmark | QNR: QNT: TQ: IKR: 69P: 7T |
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