Concise guide to geriatric psychiatry, 3rd Edition. J. E. Spar and A. La Rue. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc., 2002. Pages: 352.

✍ Scribed by David Anderson

• Book ID: 102230718
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 25 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/gps.764

✦ Synopsis

chapters on elder abuse, mental health consultation in hospitals and nursing homes, and legal and ethical issues. The author debates a number of important issues in these chapters, particularly in the chapter concerning legal and ethical issues where there are thought provoking sections on limits to autonomy, capacity for decision making, proxy decision makers, and the management of incompetent patients. The legal framework cited in these chapters is that of the United States and therefore some aspects of practice should be viewed with caution if the reader is in practice elsewhere.

The focus on the American system and practice in this book diminishes its potential value for practitioners outside of the United States.