Chapter 27
Ethical and Legal Issues of the Elderly
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Developmental tasks of the elderly
- Issues concerning incapacity in ageing
- Clinical issues of geriatric nursing care
- Ethical issues in geriatric nursing
- Responsibilities of a geriatric nurse
- Ethical principles involved in geriatric care
27.1 INTRODUCTION
Every age has its own beauty. Growing old is not getting older but getting still younger. Ageing is a complex and dynamic process with intricately interrelated and inseparable physiological, psychological and sociological components of human life; it is a normal process that implies continued growth, development and adaptation until death. The older adults have a multitude of needs and problems that require gentleness ...
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