OBJECTIVES: To determine what treatment decisions physicians will make when faced with
a hypothetical incompetent elderly patient with life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding and …

OBJECTIVES: To determine what treatment decisions physicians will make when faced with
an incompetent elderly patient with life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding and to identify …

• We performed an observational study to determine the prevalence of severe dementia in a
general medicine unit, the categories of acute medical care provided to these patients, the …

The moral responsibilities of physicians caring for elderly patients of diminished or marginal
competence are analyzed. In the context of two case studies, it is argued that these …

In order to investigate to what extent various determinants in the decision-making process
for the treatment of severely ill incompetent patients are influenced by cultural and …

In this issue of the journal, van der Wal and colleagues' report the findings of a retrospective
study of requests for voluntary active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide made to …

This study examines the decision-making process of health care providers working with
older patients. Data were obtained through telephone interviews from a random sample of …

OBJECTIVES: Age of patients by itself is no longer a contra-indication for most medical
interventions. The increase of possible interventions for elderly patients has contributed to a …

The study was performed in order to determine cross-culturally to what extent various
attitudes (legal and ethical concerns, hospital costs, level of dementia, patient's age …

Several examples of physicians' ethical and legal responsibilities toward older individuals
desiring medical care are discussed. The focus is on the older person's ethical and legal …