Ethics and Aging

The Right to Live, the Right to Die

Häftad, Engelska, 1988

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Beskrivning

This book is an important and timely look at issues of ethics inaging. It reflects the complexity of these questions, but develops themin relation to a single general theme: that of the involvement of theelderly in the design of social policy and the research which affectsthem.Moral problems involving the elderly are many-faceted. Accurateunderstanding and social response demand some integration ofexperience, sensibility, and knowledge provided by differentperspectives. Ethics and Aging incorporates viewpoints fromgerontology, philosophy, law, theology, sociology, psychology,medicine, nursing, and economics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1988-01-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:270
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774803106

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James E. Thornton is the coordinator of the Committeeon Gerontology, at the University of British Columbia. Earl R.Winkler is an associate professor in the Department ofPhilosophy at the University of British Columbia.

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An interesting collection of essays that should appeal especially to those involved in the provision of care for aged people, or in the analysis of social policy, or in the development of ethical concepts which seem relevant in the modern hospital environment. - Sidney Sax (Bioethics) It is a very useful aid for professionals in gerontology or in social work, for ethicists, ministers of religion, and for all who are connected with the formation of our perceptions on this most valuable and often most neglected segment of our society. - Béla I. Somfai (Journal of Religious Gerontology) A richness of insights that only an interdisciplinary approach can give. - Helga Kuhse (Bioethic News)

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsContributors 1. Introduction to Principal Themes and Issues / Earl R. Winklerand James E. Thornton Part One: General Perspectives2. On Reaching a New Agenda: Self-Determination and Aging / JaneA. Boyajian3. Ethics and Aging: Trends and Problems in the Clinical Setting /David Roy4. Ethical Aspects of Aging: Justice, Freedom, and Responsibility /John C. Bennett5. Paradigms of Aging: Growth versus Decline / James E. Birrenand Candace A. Stacey6. Cognitive Intervention in Later Life: Philosophical Issues /David F. Hultsch and Jane H. McEwan7. The Calculus of Discrimination: Discriminatory ResourceAllocation for an Aging Population / Eike-Henner W. Kluge8. Population Aging and the Economy: Some Issues in ResourceAllocation / Frank T. Denton and Byron G. Spencer Part Two: Specific Issues9. The Right to Participate: Ending Discrimination Against theElderly / Donald J. MacDougall10. Society and Essentials for Well-Being: Social Policy and theProvision of Care / Neena L. Chappell11. Foregoing Treatment: Killing versus Letting Die, and the Issueof Non-Feeding / Earl R. Winkler12. Foregoing Life-Sustaining Treatment: The Canadian Law ReformCommission and the President's Commission / AlisterBrowne13. Proxy Consent for Research on the Incompetent Elderly /Barry F. Brown14. Gerontology's Challenge from Its Research Population /Beverly Burnside15. Civil Liberties and the Elderly Patient / Arthur Schafer 16.Narrative, Perspective, and Aging / C.G. Prado Part ThreeBibliography / James E. Thornton, Anne D. Evans, MeganStuart-Stubbs, Gerry Bates General IndexIndex of Names