Psychiatric Ethics in Late-Life Patients Medicolegal and Forensic Aspects at the Interface of Mental Health /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Balasubramaniam, Meera (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gupta, Aarti (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tampi, Rajesh R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Psychiatry.; Geriatrics.; General practice (Medicine).; Forensic medicine.; Clinical psychology.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Forensic Medicine.; Clinical Psychology.

This book offers a comprehensive view of ethical, medicolegal, and forensic issues common to aging psychiatric patients. Written by experts in the field, this volume includes assessments of each patient's capacity to make decisions, live independently, manage finances, drive a vehicle, have sex...

Table of Contents:

• Aging: Balancing Autonomy and Beneficence
• The capacity to make medical decisions
• The Capacity to Live Independently
• The Capacity to Manage Finances
• Capacity to Manage Critical Domains of Living: Driving, Voting and Sexual Expression
• Ethical Issues in Dementia: An Overview
• Research Ethics in Geriatric Psychiatry
• Advance Health Care Planning
• Surrogate Decision Making
• Guardianship
• Elder Abuse
• Social Determinants and Mental Health Among Older Adults in the Criminal Justice System
• Capacity to Stand Trial Evaluations for Geriatric Defendants
• Responding to Crisis of Aging People in Prison: Global Promising Practices and Initiatives.