Should age be a deciding factor in ethical decision-making?

Should age be a deciding factor in ethical decision-making?

Pretzlaff RK

Health Care Anal

2005

PedPal Lit; AdultAge Factors Child Decision Making/ethicsEthics; but inexact; gauge of that capacity. The inexactitude of age as a surrogate of capacity is a con tributing factor to the problem posed in this series of articles. Therefore; it is when a person has lost their ability for making those choices that the question of age as a contributing factor in ethical decision making is raised. The question therefore becomes one of capacity more then age; level; Medical Humans Mental Competency/psychology Moral Development Motivation Personal Autonomy Philosophy; Medical%X The question of age as a factor in ethical decision-making takes two forms. The first form considers age as a factor at the societal; or policy; to define the relative contribution of age to the capacity for ethical decision-making this article will focus not on the loss of that ability; with age as a useful

2005

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