| 书目名称 | Psychiatric Ethics in Late-Life Patients | | 副标题 | Medicolegal and Fore | | 编辑 | Meera Balasubramaniam,Aarti Gupta,Rajesh R. Tampi | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Covers the ethical, legal, and psychiatric challenges of working with aging patient.Includes assessment and clinical management of patients deemed legally and medically competent or non-competent.Writ | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | The process of aging is frequently associated with changes in the physical and mental functioning of older adults, challenging their autonomy and rendering them vulnerable to exploitation. Certain illnesses that are more common in older adults can affect their capacity to function independently. These include the capacity to make medical decisions, live independently, manage finances, to name a few. Healthcare professionals, especially psychiatrists are often entrusted with the responsibility of assessing an older adult’s capacity to perform one or more functions. This makes it imperative for them to be cognizant of these issues, understand the need for these evaluations, and be able to conduct them in a comprehensive manner. Another way of protecting an older person’s rights and facilitating a life based on their own decisions even after they lose decision making capacity is Advanced Health Care Planning (AHCP). Health care professionals are required to initiate a discussion about AHCP with their patients and their families and review it periodically. .. Lastly, the older adults incarcerated in prisons is a group that is growing in numbers. They have unique needs at the intersecti | | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | | 关键词 | Competency assessment; Guardianship and eldercare; Aging in prison; Elder abuse; Advance care planning | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15172-0 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-15171-3 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-15172-0 | | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |
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