O Idoso e seus Direitos em Saúde: Uma Compreensão Sobre o Tema na Realidade Atual

Hospitalized Elderly: understanding about their rights

“…In this approach, the health professionals should adopt an ethical position to show care and respect for the elderly, considering their ethical and legal rights, and understand the conditions that each individual experiences; thus, contributing to the respect of the rights they enjoy [34].…”

Percepção de coerção de pacientes submetidos a procedimento médico invasivo

“…The WHO uses the chronological age and degree of development of the country where the individual resides as criteria for defining the elderly population, determining that the person aged 65 years or older is considered elderly in high income countries whilst in low income countries, the person aged 60 years or more is considered elderly [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] . This population is pointed out as vulnerable because of its susceptibility to disease, directly linked to the quality of information of a certain problem and the possibility of facing it [10][11][12] .…”

“…This population is pointed out as vulnerable because of its susceptibility to disease, directly linked to the quality of information of a certain problem and the possibility of facing it [10][11][12] . To define the individual as vulnerable, some factors are considered, such as access to information, education, biological and behavioural aspects, beliefs and values 2,13 .…”