Geronticide : killing the elderly /

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Annotation The increasing elderly population poses many economic and ethical questions for modern society. One of the most topical and controversial of these is the debate about euthanasia. Drawing on a variety of historical, contemporary, anthropological and literary sources, this book considers th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brogden, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001.
Temas:
Older people > Crimes against > United States.
Older people > Abuse of > United States.
Age discrimination > United States.
Homicide > United States.
Euthanasia > United States.
Euthanasia.
Older people.
Bioethics.
Cross-cultural studies.
Older people > Abuse of.
Euthanasia
Euthanasia > history
Aged, 80 and over
Bioethical Issues
Aged
Bioethics
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Elder Abuse
Homicide > history
Socioeconomic Factors
Personnes âgées, Crimes contre les > États-Unis.
Personnes âgées > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Discrimination selon l'âge > États-Unis.
Homicide > États-Unis.
Euthanasie > États-Unis.
Personnes âgées > Crimes contre > États-Unis.
Euthanasie.
Personnes âgées.
Bioéthique.
Études transculturelles.
Personnes âgées > Violence envers.
elderly.
Violence In Society.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
Older people
Cross-cultural studies
Age discrimination
Homicide
Older people > Abuse of
Older people > Crimes against
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. 1. Living too long? 2. Death by Demography and Longevity. 3. Death by Social Obligation
  • The Political Economy of Geronticide. 4. Death by Attrition
  • Modernisation and the Workhouse. 5. Death by Degrees
  • Bureaucratisation in Care Institutions. 6. Death in Literary Discourse. 7. Dr. Shipman, Social Rights and Preventing Geronticide. References. Index.

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