Choosing who's to live : ethics and aging / edited by James W. Walters.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996], ©1996.

xiii, 165 pages ; 24 cm

"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

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.

Includes bibliographic references and index