Decision making in response to an elderly woman with dementia who refused surgical repair of her fractured hip

J Am Geriatr Soc. 1986 Apr;34(4):234-9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Aged*
  • Decision Making*
  • Dementia*
  • General Surgery*
  • Humans
  • Interdisciplinary Communication*
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Judicial Role
  • Jurisprudence
  • Mental Competency
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Patient Care*
  • Physicians
  • Psychiatry
  • Risk
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Refusal*