TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 32. Legal Issues
A1  - Kapp, Marshall B.
A2  - Halter, Jeffrey B.
A2  - Ouslander, Joseph G.
A2  - Tinetti, Mary E.
A2  - Studenski, Stephanie
A2  - High, Kevin P.
A2  - Asthana, Sanjay
Y1  - 2009
N1  - 
T2  - Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 6e
AB  - The  law  regulates  human  relationships,  both  prospectively  and  retrospectively,  in  a  wide  variety  of  ways.  To  a  large  extent,  the  legal  implications  of  medical  practice  are  generic,  in  the  sense  that  these  apply  to  patients  of  all  ages.  Rules  developed  to  deal  with  the  care  of  younger  adults  apply  with  full  force  to  older  persons,  whose  rights  do  not  diminish  just  because  of  advanced  chronological  age.  However,  a  patient's  advanced  years  may  sometimes  raise  issues  demanding  particular  attention  by  the  involved  participants  in  the  professional/patient  relationship.  This  chapter  concentrates  on  several  selected  aspects  in  which  the  law  influences  the  delivery  of  geriatric  services  through  its  impact  on  the  recognition  and  enforcement  of  the  respective  rights  and  responsibilities  of  the  parties,  within  the  specific  dynamics  of  an  older  patient/health  care  provider  relationship.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2022/05/22
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=5114217
ER  -