Choosing who's to live : ethics and aging / edited by James W. Walters.
- Date:
- [1996], ©1996
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Publication/Creation
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996], ©1996.
Physical description
xiii, 165 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Notes
"The essays in this volume evolved from a working conference held at Loma Linda University in 1991 that was designed to further the discussion of rationing health care beyond a focus on age as the primary criterion"--P. [vii]
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Med.Hist
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographic references and index
Contents
The justification and implications of age-influenced rationing / Paul T. Menzel -- Justice between the young and the old: rationing from an international perspective / Norman Daniels -- Is there a place for euthanasia in America's care for its elderly? / Margaret P. Battin -- Caring for the disabled elderly: the economics and ethics of financing long-term care / Nancy S. Jecker -- Bioethics in a disposal society: health care and the intergenerational stake / Carroll L. Estes, Susan E. Kelly, and Elizabeth A. Binney -- Why now? the growing interest in limiting the lifesaving health care resources available to elderly people / John F. Kilner.
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Location Status Access Closed storesWT170 1996W23c
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ISBN
- 0252022408
- 0252065417