Ethical Dilemmas in the Elderly Population surgery. Debate on Decision Making

Abstract

Health-related ethical conflicts create concern for many professionals dedicated to socio-health care. The progressive increase in world"™s population age linked to other factors, as biomedical advances, has overturned the natural process of death. The emergence during senescence of disabling diseases or other pathologies difficult to overcome implies that professional caregivers have to take extreme decisions such as who lives or who die. So, it is essential to understand that good professional works to improve every process in which the patient is involved along his disease, ensuring his comfort and welfare without focusing on life as sole purpose. Bioethical principles must not be detached from decision-making.