Dementia in the elderly: an analysis of medical responsibility.
Dementia in the elderly: an analysis of medical responsibility.
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老年人痴呆：医疗责任分析。
DOI：
10.7326/0003-4819-94-6-802
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发表时间：
1981
影响因子：
39.2
通讯作者：
A. Jameton
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文献类型：
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作者：
C. Cassel;A. Jameton
慢性痴呆综合征通常被认为是无法治疗的，因此这些疾病的患者被忽视，病情恶化。然而，许多干预措施可以改善这些人的功能能力，因此放弃他们没有道德上的理由。对这一问题的分析指出，心理、教育和制度上的障碍是对痴呆症患者照顾不足的原因。医生有能力、有力量，因此也有责任改善这种状况。
Chronic dementia syndromes are often assumed to be untreatable, and thus patients with these disorders are neglected and their condition worsens. Many interventions, however, can improve the functional capacity of these persons, and thus their abandonment has no ethical justification. Analysis of this problem points to psychological, educational, and institutional barriers responsible for the inadequate care of the demented. Physicians have the ability and power, and therefore the responsibility, to improve this situation.