Ethical Dimensions of Geriatric Care Value Conflicts for the 21st Century
There is both a timeliness and a transcendent 'rightness' in the fact that scholars, clinicians, and health professionals are beginning to examine the ethics-based components of decision making in health care of the elderly. Ethics - as the discipline concerned with right or wrong conduct...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Series: | Philosophy and Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Section I : Understanding the Biology and Epidemiology of Aging
- The Best of Times — The Worst of Times: Aging and Dependency in the 21st Century
- Commentary on Jacob A. Brody’s Essay
- Changing Images of Dependency in Prolongevity
- An Evolutionary Perspective on Senescence
- Section II: Philosophical Reflections on Medical Care Provision for the Aged
- Health Care: Efficiency and Equity
- Wholehearted and Halfhearted Care: National Policies vs. Individual Choice
- Commentary on Baruch Brody’s Essay
- Revival, Resuscitation, and Resurrection: The Rights of Passage
- Section III: Self-Determination in Late-Life Dependency
- Self-Determination in Later Life: Case Studies in Geriatric Care
- The Dependent Elderly: Legal Rights and Responsibilities in Agent Custody
- Choosing the Time to Die: The Ethics and Economics of Suicide in Old Age
- Elderly Dependency and Autonomy: Comments on the Essays of Dubler, Battin, Kataja and Gavin
- Section IV: Justice in the Provision of Medical Care for the Aged
- Equal Opportunity, Justice, and Health Care for the Elderly: A Prudential Account
- ESRD and the Elderly: Cross-National Perspective on Distributive Justice
- The Bad, the Ugly, and the Unfortunate
- Epilogue: The Eighth Stage of Humanity
- Elderly Dependency and Systems Failure: Obstacles to a Prosthetic Society
- Notes on Contributors