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The Gerontologist, Vol 31, Issue 5 619-623, Copyright © 1991 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Health care decision making by the elderly: I get by with a little help from my family

MB Kapp
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45401-0927.

Shared decision making about placement and medical interventions can be empowering to the older person involved, relieve burdens on the older person and family members, and facilitate better surrogate decision making later. Potential dangers of the shared process include coercion, conflicts of interest, and disagreements between family members. New legal concepts, similar to those governing property, could help our legal system better accommodate the realities of shared decision making.


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