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Author:   Nancy S. Jecker
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   1992 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.650kg
ISBN:  

9780896032019

ISBN 10:   0896032019
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   02 December 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

The Aging Individual.- The Meaning of Life.- The Meaning of Life in Old Age.- Oedipus and the Meaning of Aging: Personal Reflections and Historical Perspectives.- Recovering the Body in Aging.- Aging and Filial Responsibility.- The Aging Society as a Context for Family Life.- What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?.- Families as Caregivers: The Limits of Morality.- Health Care and Decision Making.- Rethinking Family Loyalties.- The Role of Intimate Others in Medical Decision Making.- Distributive Justice in an Aging Society.- Limiting Health Care for the Old.- A Lifespan Approach to Health Care.- Old Age and the Rationing of Scarce Health Care Resources.- Appeals to Nature in Theories of Age-Group Justice.- Paying the Real Costs of Lifesaving.- Intent and Actuality: Sacrificing the Old and Other Health Care Goals.- Philosophical Reflections on Aging and Death.- Resentment and the Rights of the Elderly.- Ancient Myth and Modern Medicine: Lessons from Baucis and Philemon.- The Meaning of Temporality in Old Age.- The Absurd.

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A sound collection, including both classic and new work. It poses an excellent challenge to those setting out to rethink old age. - Ethics ...a lucid guide to an area likely to become increasingly murky as the decade advances. - Age and Aging

A sound collection, including both classic and new work. It poses an excellent challenge to those setting out to rethink old age.-Ethics

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