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A world growing old [electronic resource] : the coming health care challenges / edited by Daniel Callahan, Ruud H.J. ter Meulen, Eva Topinková.

Contributor(s): Callahan, Daniel, 1930- | Meulen, R. H. J. ter (Ruud H. J.), 1952- | Topinková, Eva.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Hastings Center studies in ethics: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c1995General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 175 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0585225486 (electronic bk.); 9780585225487 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Older people -- Medical care -- Social aspects | Older people -- Medical care -- Government policy | Older people -- Medical care -- Moral and ethical aspects | Medical care | Medical policy -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 362.1/9897 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
How we care for the elderly / Mark J. Hanson -- The meaning of old age : scenarios for the future / Harry R. Moody -- Aging and the life cycle : a moral norm? / Daniel Callahan -- Life extension and the meaning of life / Paul van Tongeren -- Will there be a scarcity of resources? : the future demand for care by the elderly / Anneke van den Berg Jeths and Mats Thorslund -- Effects of population aging on health care expenditure and financing : some illustrations / Reiner Leidl -- Caring for the elderly : priorities for an aging population / Mats Thorslund and Marti G. Parker -- Solidarity with the elderly and the allocation of resources / Ruud H.J. ter Meulen -- The elderly and high-technology therapies / Bryan Jennett -- The meaning of old age impeded by chronic disease / Gebhard Allert ... [et al.] -- Family caregiving for the elderly : are there ways to meet the need? / Eva Topinková -- Adult daughter caregivers : philosophical analysis and implications for health care policy / Sarah-Vaughan Brakman -- Institutional care of the elderly : lessons from Hungary / Bela Blasszauer -- From generation to generation : why U.S. health care reform is so difficult in the twentieth century / W. Andrew Achenbaum -- What do we owe the elderly? : allocating social and health care resources / Ruud H.J. ter Meulen, Eva Topinková, and Daniel Callahan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

How we care for the elderly / Mark J. Hanson -- The meaning of old age : scenarios for the future / Harry R. Moody -- Aging and the life cycle : a moral norm? / Daniel Callahan -- Life extension and the meaning of life / Paul van Tongeren -- Will there be a scarcity of resources? : the future demand for care by the elderly / Anneke van den Berg Jeths and Mats Thorslund -- Effects of population aging on health care expenditure and financing : some illustrations / Reiner Leidl -- Caring for the elderly : priorities for an aging population / Mats Thorslund and Marti G. Parker -- Solidarity with the elderly and the allocation of resources / Ruud H.J. ter Meulen -- The elderly and high-technology therapies / Bryan Jennett -- The meaning of old age impeded by chronic disease / Gebhard Allert ... [et al.] -- Family caregiving for the elderly : are there ways to meet the need? / Eva Topinková -- Adult daughter caregivers : philosophical analysis and implications for health care policy / Sarah-Vaughan Brakman -- Institutional care of the elderly : lessons from Hungary / Bela Blasszauer -- From generation to generation : why U.S. health care reform is so difficult in the twentieth century / W. Andrew Achenbaum -- What do we owe the elderly? : allocating social and health care resources / Ruud H.J. ter Meulen, Eva Topinková, and Daniel Callahan.

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