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Ethics and Aging : The Right to Live, the Right to Die by Earl R. Winkler (1988, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN-10077480310X
ISBN-139780774803106
eBay Product ID (ePID)14038725583
Product Key Features
Number of Pages270 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEthics and Aging : the Right to Live, the Right to Die
SubjectEthics, Gerontology, Death & Dying, Eldercare, Geriatrics
Publication Year1988
TypeTextbook
AuthorEarl R. Winkler
Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Medical
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsAn 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., 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.
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Contributors 1. Introduction to Principal Themes and Issues / Earl R. Winklerand James E. Thornton Part One: General Perspectives 2. On Reaching a New Agenda: Self-Determination and Aging / JaneA. Boyajian 3. Ethics and Aging: Trends and Problems in the Clinical Setting /David Roy 4. Ethical Aspects of Aging: Justice, Freedom, and Responsibility /John C. Bennett 5. Paradigms of Aging: Growth versus Decline / James E. Birrenand Candace A. Stacey 6. Cognitive Intervention in Later Life: Philosophical Issues /David F. Hultsch and Jane H. McEwan 7. The Calculus of Discrimination: Discriminatory ResourceAllocation for an Aging Population / Eike-Henner W. Kluge 8. Population Aging and the Economy: Some Issues in ResourceAllocation / Frank T. Denton and Byron G. Spencer Part Two: Specific Issues 9. The Right to Participate: Ending Discrimination Against theElderly / Donald J. MacDougall 10. Society and Essentials for Well-Being: Social Policy and theProvision of Care / Neena L. Chappell 11. Foregoing Treatment: Killing versus Letting Die, and the Issueof Non-Feeding / Earl R. Winkler 12. Foregoing Life-Sustaining Treatment: The Canadian Law ReformCommission and the President's Commission / AlisterBrowne 13. Proxy Consent for Research on the Incompetent Elderly /Barry F. Brown 14. Gerontology's Challenge from Its Research Population /Beverly Burnside 15. Civil Liberties and the Elderly Patient / Arthur Schafer 16.Narrative, Perspective, and Aging / C.G. Prado Part Three Bibliography / James E. Thornton, Anne D. Evans, MeganStuart-Stubbs, Gerry Bates General Index Index of Names
SynopsisThis book reflects the complexity of ethical questions, but develops them in relation to a single general theme: that of the involvement of the elderly in the design of social policy and the research which affects them., This book is an important and timely look at issues of ethics in aging. It reflects the complexity of these questions, but develops them in relation to a single general theme: that of the involvement of the elderly in the design of social policy and the research which affects them. Moral problems involving the elderly are many-faceted. Accurate understanding and social response demand some integration of experience, sensibility, and knowledge provided by different perspectives. Ethics and Aging incorporates viewpoints from gerontology, philosophy, law, theology, sociology, psychology, medicine, nursing, and economics., 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.
