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Ethical and Legal Issues in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

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Ethical and legal issues commonly occur in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). Health care ethics entails the application of values (patient, caregiver, and societal) to the process of clinical/medical decision-making. This requires the weighing of values, facts, and prognostication to support patient care decisions. Clinicians often encounter competing values, e.g., the right of self-determination of an individual versus the interests of society as a whole, and must take into consideration the facts, as well as the likelihood and consequences of various potential outcomes.

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  1. Geriatric Consultants of Central Texas, Brownwood, TX, USA

    David A. Smith

  2. Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Mercy Clinic, Rolla, MO, USA

    Randall D. Huss

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  1. Family and Preventive Medicine, OU Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Peter Winn

  2. The University of Pennsylvania, Jenkintown, PA, USA

    Pamela A. Fenstemacher

  3. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Richard G. Stefanacci

  4. Department of Geriatrics, Penn Medicine, Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA, USA

    R. Scott DeLong

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Smith, D.A., Huss, R.D. (2023). Ethical and Legal Issues in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care. In: Winn, P., Fenstemacher, P.A., Stefanacci, R.G., DeLong, R.S. (eds) Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Current Clinical Practice. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28628-5_15

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