Because of demographic trends, it is reasonable to expect that clinicians will care for an
increasing number of elderly persons with challenging medical and psychosocial problems.
These problems and issues, in turn, may lead to daunting ethical dilemmas. Therefore,
clinicians should be familiar with ethical dilemmas commonly encountered when caring for
elderly patients. We review some of these dilemmas, including ensuring informed consent
and confidentiality, determining decision-making capacity, promoting advance care planning …