ethical issues of the elderly
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Complete the Discussion:
The three most common ethical concerns for legal professionals in the practice of elder law are confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and dealing with client competency issues.
Discussion:
Initial Post
- Create a hypothetical that presents one of these ethical concerns.
Second Post
- Choose another student’s post.
- Analyze the hypothetical and discuss how the ethical situation could be resolved or how it could have been avoided.
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For the elderly, ethical issues are of a great concern as they involve a person whose vulnerability is more than that of an average adult. Since they are vulnerable, the elderly are taken advantage by the people they trust. For the old people, ethics is all about how they want people to treat them and being given the chance to make their own choices (Kane, 2001)……
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