As a committee, we felt that there was a need to put together a document to help field some of the ethical considerations that we run into in clinical care but have very little guidance on,” says Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, FACS, FPMRS.
In this video, Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, FACS, FPMRS, discusses the key points of the Neurourology and Urodynamics paper, “International Continence Society white paper on ethical considerations in older adults with urinary incontinence.” Suskind is an associate professor of urology and obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, and chief of neurourology and female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.
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