Resumen

PADRON CHACON, Raúl. Bioethic and social considerations on geriatric patients and fragile elderlies. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.

The bibliographical sources related not only with the present state of aging in other latitudes, but also in Cuba, as well some bioethical and social considerations on elderly patients at the terminal stage of life were reiewed. Emphasis was made on the concept of persistent vegetative state and encephalic death applied in our country, and on the dilemas existing from the ethical point of view between one care and the other at present. The palliative care of the elderly, the dilemas and their application to fragile elderlies are the motivation of this work.

Palabras clave : Older adult; gerontology; geriatrics; bioethics; family dysfunction; gerontologist team; self-steem.

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