This course describes ethics in elder healthcare including do-not-resuscitate orders, patient and family and healthcare practitioner attitudes toward DNR orders, conflict between religious convictions and clinical judgment. This course also includes information regarding euthanasia and the terminally ill, ethics of dignity in the elderly, and truth-telling and patient diagnoses.This course describes ethics in elder healthcare including do-not-resuscitate orders, patient and family and healthcare practitioner attitudes toward DNR orders, conflict between religious convictions and clinical judgment. This course also includes information regarding euthanasia and the terminally ill, ethics of dignity in the elderly, and truth-telling and patient diagnoses.