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34 Med. & L. 603 (2015)
Health Law and Elderly Persons

handle is hein.journals/mlv34 and id is 633 raw text is: Med Law (2015) 34:603-626 Medicine and Law World Association for Medical Law Health Law HEALTH LAW AND ELDERLY PERSONS Guilherme de Oliveira* Abstract: The article stresses that the elderly probably do not need sophisticated health care because they probably suffer from known pathologies and are chronically ill. The elderly probably do need improvements in: 1. Law focused on respect for patients, including: Protection and promotion of personal autonomy and informed consent practice; adequate information; slowness and time to understand and decide. They also need effective legal representation and quick schemes for damage compensation. Other needs include: ageing in place; maintaining links with places, family and peers. 2. Law focused on access and on appropriate medical techniques, including: access; quality of care; trained professionals; long- term care instead of acute care; friendly modes of administration of medicines; friendly medical devices; information technology; medical research; and clinical trials. 3. Law focused on the sustainability of health care systems, including: social and technical innovation; promoting one's health through healthy lifestyles; and discussing the rationing of care. Keywords: Health Law; Elderly Persons; Respect; Access; Medical Techniques; Long-Term Care; Information Technology; Clinical Trials; Healthy Lifestyles; Rationing of Care. A - INTRODUCTION Perhaps many of you will know the short joke' I am about to tell, and which is used in gerontology training sessions. I will start by telling just the first * Biomedical Law Center, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Email: guilhermedeoliveira@me.com 1 Accessible at http://wwwjensenestatelaw.com/articles/elder-law/62-the-bias-of-medical- care-providers-towards-aging 603

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