Ethical principles that underlie contemporary surgical care of the elderly are founded on principles of medicine originating with the Hippocratic Oath: non-maleficence, beneficence, autonomy, and justice. Caring for the geriatric trauma patient may be particularly challenging as this is a vulnerable and sometimes frail patient population often with limited decision-making capacity. This chapter explores the ethical principles that form the cornerstones of geriatric trauma care, outlines the consent process and determination of decision-making capacity, and discusses the concept of DNR and medical futility.
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Kunac, A., & Mosenthal, A. C. (2014). Ethics in geriatric trauma. In Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care (pp. 375–380). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8501-8_37
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