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Capacity, consent, medico-legal issues and elder mistreatment.
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Elder abuse is any act or omission that endangers an older person's life, threatens their physical or psychological integrity, restricts their freedom, or compromises their personal development or financial security (Council of Europe,…
Elder mistreatment is a biopsychosocial problem, not a purely medical one. Its roots lie in family dynamics, dependency, finances and housing — domains of social work practice rather than clinical medicine. The social worker is a core…
Source: Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 7th ed., Ch. 17 (Physician-Assisted Suicide; the seven legal myths of end-of-life care; medical futility) and Ch. 18 (Palliative Care); Pathy’s 6th ed. — end-of-life decision-making. Indian…
Source: Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 7th ed., Ch. 3 — Evaluating the Geriatric Patient (Table 3-2, Potential Difficulties in Taking Geriatric Histories) and Ch. 17; Pathy’s 6th ed. — Communication Disorders and Dysphagia, and Ch.…
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ELDER ABUSE / ELDER MISTREATMENT — 15 MARKS ★ RECURRING DEFINITION AND CONCEPT Elder abuse is any act or omission that endangers a person's life, threatens their physical or psychological integrity, impairs their freedom, or compromises…
Assessment of Decisional Capacity in an Older Person A. 20 High-Yield Points Concepts and Definitions Capacity and competence are not the same. A clinician evaluates a patient's capacity to make a decision; competence is a legal term…
Source: Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 7th ed., Ch. 17 (Competence and Informed Consent; four elements of decisional capacity) and Ch. 6 (Delirium and Dementia — mental status examination, executive function, reversible causes,…
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in India and how it is executed. Source: Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 7th ed., Ch. 17 — Ethical Issues in the Care of Older Persons (advance care planning, advance directives, living will, proxy directive); Pathy’s 6th ed. —…
Source: Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 7th ed., Ch. 17 — Competence and Informed Consent; decisional capacity; informed assent; surrogate decision-making; Table 17-1 Major Ethical Principles. Pathy’s 6th ed. Indian legal position…
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The two statutory and ethical questions that recur in every paper. Question 31. Mental Healthcare Act 2017 — provisions relevant to geriatric psychiatry [15 marks] Background and scope. Act No. 10 of 2017, assented on 7 April 2017 and…
Capacity versus competence. Capacity is a clinical judgement about a person's ability to make a specific decision at a specific time. Competence is a legal term implying that a person has been declared competent or incompetent by a…