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Informed Consent and Decision-making Capacity of Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture
Abstract
With the increased population of aging people, the number of surgeries employed on this age group also increases and as a result, the competency or decision-making capacity has become a question of debate. Various difficulties have been emerged for the informed consent process of the treatment of elderly patients. There may be physical failings, such as hearing loss, which disrupt the communication and together with the addition of concomitant diseases of the older age can impair comprehension. In such situations, to obtain consent from the patient becomes an important question, whether the patient is capable of giving informed consent or not. The ethical principles of the physician-patient relationship emphasize the right of a patient with decision-making capacity to decide what will or will not be done to him/her. Here we report a case of an elderly patient with hip fracture and an analysis about the question of ethical evaluation of decision-making capacity.
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March 1, 2011
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March 1, 2011
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Year 2011 Volume: 37 Number: 1
APA
Şahin, N., Atıcı, T., & Atıcı, E. (2011). Informed Consent and Decision-making Capacity of Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 37(1), 49-52. https://izlik.org/JA47UE34TY
AMA
1.Şahin N, Atıcı T, Atıcı E. Informed Consent and Decision-making Capacity of Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2011;37(1):49-52. https://izlik.org/JA47UE34TY
Chicago
Şahin, Namık, Teoman Atıcı, and Elif Atıcı. 2011. “Informed Consent and Decision-Making Capacity of Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 37 (1): 49-52. https://izlik.org/JA47UE34TY.
EndNote
Şahin N, Atıcı T, Atıcı E (March 1, 2011) Informed Consent and Decision-making Capacity of Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 37 1 49–52.
IEEE
[1]N. Şahin, T. Atıcı, and E. Atıcı, “Informed Consent and Decision-making Capacity of Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 49–52, Mar. 2011, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA47UE34TY
ISNAD
Şahin, Namık - Atıcı, Teoman - Atıcı, Elif. “Informed Consent and Decision-Making Capacity of Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 37/1 (March 1, 2011): 49-52. https://izlik.org/JA47UE34TY.
JAMA
1.Şahin N, Atıcı T, Atıcı E. Informed Consent and Decision-making Capacity of Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2011;37:49–52.
MLA
Şahin, Namık, et al. “Informed Consent and Decision-Making Capacity of Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 37, no. 1, Mar. 2011, pp. 49-52, https://izlik.org/JA47UE34TY.
Vancouver
1.Namık Şahin, Teoman Atıcı, Elif Atıcı. Informed Consent and Decision-making Capacity of Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2011 Mar. 1;37(1):49-52. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA47UE34TY