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1885865

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
The management of pressure sores in elderly patients raises a number of ethical dilemmas for health care professionals. Aggressive treatment of advanced pressure sores is often inconsistent with the overall goals of therapy. Private and public funding for effective prevention and early treatment are restricted and constrained. Little information is available that proves treatment efficacy. Health care professionals and their institutions are often stigmatized by the occurrence of a pressure sore even though accountabilities may lie in the natural history of the disease. We use case analysis to identify ethical dilemmas in pressure sore prevention and management and suggest a framework for ethical decisionmaking so that health care professionals and public policy analysts can make informed judgments about patients and standards of quality care.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
E
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-8614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
905-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The ethics of pressure sore prevention and treatment in the elderly: a practical approach.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Clinical Ethics, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL 60068.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't