Author/Editor		Lokar, Rok
Title		Dileme pri obravnavi starostnika v ambulanti družinske medicine
Translated title		Dilemmas in the treatment of the elderly patient in general practice
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vestn
Vol. and No.		Letnik 77, št. 12
Publication year		2008
Volume		str. 831-2
Language		slo
Abstract		Treating elderly patients yields numerous dilemmas, both medical and non-medical. Decision-making and treatment are further complicated by the lack of guidelines and recommendations, which lays the choice of action upon the individual physician. This makes the assurance of quality and consistency of treatment impossible. Besides, the clinical guidelines are not suitable for general practice work. To provide quality care for the elderly in general practice, we need proper recommendations and guidelines that need to be developed in the primary health care setting. Social dilemmas present themselves as a particular difficulty due to inaccessibility of the proper social services and institutions.
Descriptors		FAMILY PRACTICE AGED