Thomasma D C
Clin Geriatr Med. 1986 Feb;2(1):17-27.
Treatment of the elderly should rest on criteria that are morally different from those applied to the rest of the population. These criteria depend on perceptions about life and the quality of life that the elderly are more likely to hold than younger citizens. Six treatment axioms are proposed for avoiding subjective and often capricious quality-of-life judgments about the care of the elderly. These axioms rest on an explication of the moral difference between the elderly and the rest of the population.
对老年人的治疗应基于与应用于其他人群的标准在道德上不同的标准。这些标准取决于对生活和生活质量的认知，而老年人比年轻公民更有可能持有这样的认知。提出了六条治疗公理，以避免在对老年人护理方面做出主观且往往随意的生活质量判断。这些公理基于对老年人与其他人群之间道德差异的阐释。
