Home Care for the Elderly: A Bioethical View

Authors

  • Gilberto A. Gamboa-Bernal Author Universidad de La Sabana

Keywords:

Elderly, health service for the elderly, homecare, bioethics, quality of life, health-care institutions. (Source, DeCs, BIREME).

Abstract

Home care for the elderly is becoming increasingly common. This creates certain problems that are directly dependent on the patient’s longevity, pathology and the attitude assumed by the patient’s family members or caregivers. The article examines the facts of this situation from the standpoint of bioethics, in an effort to propose changes in the attitudes adopted towards the elderly who are cared for at home.

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Author Biography

Gilberto A. Gamboa-Bernal, Universidad de La Sabana

Máster en Bioética. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, Colombia. gilberto.gamboa@unisabana.edu.co

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How to Cite

Gamboa-Bernal, G. A. (2009). Home Care for the Elderly: A Bioethical View. Aquichan, 9(2). Retrieved from https://aquichan.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/aquichan/article/view/1480

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2009)

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Articles

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