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Peer reviewedGadow, Sally – Gerontologist, 1980
Medical ethical problems involving the elderly elucidate the relation between broader social views of aging and ethical principles basic to medicine. Three clinical situations are described and alternative principles of medical ethics are discussed as a basis for resolution of ethical problems in the health care of the elderly. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Ethics, Geriatrics, Gerontology
