Is the Patient Self-Determination Act appropriate for elderly persons hospitalized for depression?

MeSH terms

• Advance Directives / legislation & jurisprudence*
• Aged
• Depressive Disorder / psychology*
• Federal Government
• Female
• Freedom*
• Government Regulation
• Hospitalization*
• Humans
• Informed Consent / legislation & jurisprudence
• Life Support Care / legislation & jurisprudence
• Life Support Care / psychology
• Male
• Personal Autonomy
• Psychiatric Department, Hospital
• Right to Die / legislation & jurisprudence*
• Risk Assessment
• Withholding Treatment