Reply to: Frailty and ethics at the end of life: The importance of a comprehensive assessment
J Am Geriatr Soc
.
2024 Sep;72(9):2885-2887.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.19024.
Epub 2024 Jun 5.
Authors
Columba Thomas
1
,
Eduardo Bruera
2
,
William Breitbart
3
,
Yesne Alici
3
4
,
Liz Blackler
5
,
Julia D Kulikowski
3
,
Daniel P Sulmasy
1
6
Affiliations
1
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
2
Department of Palliative Care, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
3
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
4
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
5
Ethics Committee, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
6
Departments of Medicine and Philosophy and the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
PMID:
38838373
PMCID:
PMC11410350
(available on
2025-09-01
)
DOI:
10.1111/jgs.19024
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Frail Elderly*
Frailty*
Geriatric Assessment* / methods
Humans
Terminal Care* / ethics
Grants and funding
P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
5P30CA008748-55/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
McDonald Agape Foundation
5P30CA008748-55/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States