Physician's role in the medical and legal protection of elderly patients].

Physician's role in the medical and legal protection of elderly patients.The world and french population is currently aging and losing autonomy both medically and legally. Preventing the vulnerability and loss of autonomy of the elderly is a public health objective. These complex situations could be anticipated through an exchange of elderly patients with their general practitioner. The evolution of medical protection measures (such as advance directives and the appointment of a trustworthy person) and the evolution of legal protection measures (such as a mandate for future protection, family empowerment, placement under guardianship or curatorship, ...) make it necessary to reassess the role of the GP in the medical and legal protection of his elderly patients. This development is the result of a thesis work based on the interrogation of GPs in a thesis.

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Tatiana Lupczynski-Bensimhon. Physician's role in the medical and legal protection of elderly patients]. La Revue du praticien. 2021 Mar;71(3):314-320

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PMID: 34161038

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