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Service de psychogériatrie et éthicien clinique, hôpital Saint-Mary.
Union Med Can. 1991 Jul-Aug;120(4):302-6.
During the past fifteen years, remarkable developments have occurred in Psychogeriatrics. Major advances have taken place in the biology of aging and the care of the elderly. Because of the demographic expansion of the geriatric population, psychiatrists and family physicians need to be familiar with the specific interventions which are available to tract the psychiatric problems of the elderly. Economic concerns should not distract attention from fundamental ethics issues connected with Psychogeriatrics. The intrinsic dignity of every human being must be recognized especially in the case of more vulnerable elderly patients. Such a conviction could prove essential as medicine and ethics face the new challenges that Psychogeriatrics will bring to Quebec int the next decades.
在过去的十五年里，老年精神病学领域取得了显著进展。衰老生物学和老年人护理方面有了重大进步。由于老年人口的数量增长，精神科医生和家庭医生需要熟悉可用于治疗老年人精神问题的特定干预措施。经济问题不应分散对与老年精神病学相关的基本伦理问题的注意力。必须认识到每个人内在的尊严，尤其是在更脆弱的老年患者的情况下。随着医学和伦理学面临老年精神病学在未来几十年将给魁北克带来的新挑战，这样的信念可能被证明至关重要。
