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9780878406326

A World Growing Old

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  • ISBN13:

    9780878406326

  • ISBN10:

    0878406328

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-03-01
  • Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr

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"A valuable volume for a number of reasons. First, it provides a wealth of empirical data...Second, it takes up both theoretical & practical concerns...Third, it provides a specific recommendations."-Ethics.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
How We Care for the Elderlyp. 1
The Meaning of Old Age: Scenarios for the Futurep. 9
Aging and the Life Cycle: A Moral Norm?p. 20
Life Extension and the Meaning of Lifep. 28
Will There Be a Scarcity of Resources? The Future Demand for Care by the Elderlyp. 39
Effects of Population Aging on Health Care Expenditure and Financing: Some Illustrationsp. 49
Caring for the Elderly: Priorities for an Aging Populationp. 62
Solidarity with the Elderly and the Allocation of Resourcesp. 73
The Elderly and High-Technology Therapiesp. 85
The Meaning of Old Age Impeded by Chronic Diseasep. 97
Family Caregiving for the Elderly: Are There Ways to Meet the Need?p. 106
Adult Daughter Caregivers: Philosophical Analysis and Implications for Health Care Policyp. 117
Institutional Care of the Elderly: Lessons from Hungaryp. 127
From Generation to Generation: Why U.S. Health Care Reform Is So Difficult in the Twentieth Centuryp. 137
What Do We Owe the Elderly? Allocating Social and Health Care Resourcesp. 148
Project Participantsp. 169
Indexp. 171
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