Publication

1996-05-09 - The Johns Hopkins University Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780801853975
  • Open LibraryOL7870245M

Classifications

  • DDC174/.2
  • LCCRA564.8 .M65 1992

Description

Moody examines both the clinical and the policy issues that center on aging, paying special attention to the ethical problems associated with Alzheimer's disease and the issue of "rational suicide" for reasons of age. He also focuses on the rights of patients in long-term care and on the question of justice between generations.

First Sentence

The growing interest in questions of ethics and aging in recent years has been stimulated by two broad trends: advances in medical technology that have led to dilemmas of clinical bioethics (for example, decisions surrounding death and dying); and the coming of an aging society with rising numbers of dependent elderly people whose care raises far-reaching questions of social policy.

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Other Editions

  • Ethics in an Aging SocietyPaperbackThe Johns Hopkins University Press1996-05-09

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