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The legal and ethical obligations of approaching the aging physician
It's no secret that as we get older we start to lose some of our mental and physical abilities. For some, it starts with short-term memory. For others, diseases like Parkinson's rob us of our physical faculties.
Physicians and surgeons are not immune from this gradual decline, but a failure to recognize telltale signs of things like memory loss or confusion can have a drastic impact on patient safety. The problem is that age-related issues are incredibly subjective. Some people begin to show signs of Alzheimer's disease as young as 55 or 60, while other physicians can remain competent through their 80s. There is no magical number that indicates when an older physician may be working past his or her prime.
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