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Author:   Daniel Callahan ,  etc.
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
Imprint:   Georgetown University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780878406326

ISBN 10:   0878406328
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   01 August 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

IntroductionDaniel Callahan, Ruud H. J. ter Meulen, and Eva Topinkova 1. How We Care for the ElderlyMark J. Hanson 2. The Meaning of Old Age: Scenarios for the FutureHarry R. Moody 3. Aging and the Life Cycle: A Moral Norm?Daniel Callahan4. Life Extension and the Meaning of LifePaul van Tongeren 5. Will There Be a Scarcity of Resources? The Future Demand for Care by the ElderlyAnneke van den Berg Jeths and Mats Thorslund 6. Effects of Population Aging on Health Care Expenditure and Financing: Some IllustrationsReiner Leidl 7. Caring for the Elderly: Priorities for an Aging PopulationMats Thorslund and Marti G. Parker 8. Solidarity with the Elderly and the Allocation of ResourcesRuud H. J. ter Meulen 9. The Elderly and High Technology TherapiesBryan Jennett 10. The Meaning of Old Age Impeded by Chronic DiseaseGebhard Allert, Gerlinde Sponholz, Helmut Baitsch, and Frieder Keller 11. Family Caregiving for the Elderly: Are There Ways to Meet the Need?Eva Topinkova 12. Adult Daughter Caregivers: Philosophical Analysis and Implications for Health Care PolicySarah Vaughan Brakman 13. Institutional Care of the Elderly: Lessons from HungaryBela Blasszauer 14. From Generation to Generation: Why U.S. Health Care Reform Is So Difficult in the Twentieth CenturyW. Andrew Achenbaum 15. What Do We Owe the Elderly? Allocating Social and Health Care ResourcesRuud H. J. ter Meulen, Eva Topinkova, and Daniel Callahan

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The strength of the book lies in its discussion of the philosophical and ethical issues of aging...The book will be of particular interest to medical and nursing staff working with the elderly, but it will also appeal to politicians and the interested layman since its scope and implications clearly reach beyond the narrow confines of medicine. The Lancet I recommend this book to those interested in perspectives of aging and social health policy. The authors raised many significant issues and the final recommendations are worth of thought. -- Richard Hedges The Journal of Long-Term Care Administration

The strength of the book lies in its discussion of the philosophical and ethical issues of aging...The book will be of particular interest to medical and nursing staff working with the elderly, but it will also appeal to politicians and the interested layman since its scope and implications clearly reach beyond the narrow confines of medicine. -- C. Roffe, The Lancet I recommend this book to those interested in perspectives of aging and social health policy. The authors raised many significant issues and the final recommendations are worth of thought. -- Richard Hedges, The Journal of Long-Term Care Administration

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