Medical ethical problems involving the elderly are addressed in order to elucidate the relation between broader social views of aging and ethical principles basic to medicine. Three clinical situations are described; the spectrum of contemporary social views is presented; and alternative principles of medical ethics are discussed as a basis for resolution of ethical problems in the health care of the elderly.
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