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[The elderly and their dignity in the emergency services]
1Hôpital Sainte-Anne, 1 rue Cabanis, 75014 Paris, France; Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, bâtiment Buffon, 55 avenue de Paris, 78000 Versailles, France.
Abstract:
The basic need for humanity in care is the first request of the elderly, because otherwise it threatens, or even undermines, their dignity at certain moments in the course of care being administered to them. In the emergency services, it is therefore necessary to fight against ageism and the lack of communication and information that affect the quality of care.
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