Medical Empowerment of the Elderly

Hastings Center Report 19 (4):5-7 (1989)
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Empowering the elderly to make their own decisions regarding medical care is a noble social, political, and ethical cause; but society must guard against excesses that might ironically, deny the elderly their autonomy by forcing it upon them.

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10.2307/3562292

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