A World Growing Old : The Coming Health Care Challenges /

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In consideration of the difficult moral and practical issues involved, the editors conclude the volume with a special report containing policy recommendations from representatives of eight countries (the United States, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the U...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Topinková, Eva (Editor ), Meulen, R. H. J. ter (Ruud H. J.), 1952- (Editor ), Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019 (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gezondheidszorg.
Veroudering (demografie)
Alter
Gesundheitspolitik
Sozialethik
Aufsatzsammlung
Gesundheitsökonomie
Medizinische Versorgung
Sociology.
Older people.
National health services.
Medical policy.
Medical care.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
sociology.
elderly.
Sociologie.
Services de sante.
Politique sanitaire.
Prestation de soins.
Personnes âgees.
Personnes âgees > Soins medicaux > Aspect moral.
Personnes âgees > Soins medicaux > Politique gouvernementale.
Personnes âgees > Soins medicaux > Aspect social.
State Medicine
Aged, 80 and over
Sociology
Health Services
Health Policy
Delivery of Health Care
Aged
Older people > Medical care > Moral and ethical aspects.
Older people > Medical care > Government policy.
Older people > Medical care > Social aspects.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How we care for the elderly / Mark J. Hanson
  • The meaning of old age : scenarios for the future / Harry R. Moody
  • Aging and the life cycle : a moral norm? / Daniel Callahan
  • Life extension and the meaning of life / Paul van Tongeren
  • Will there be a scarcity of resources? : the future demand for care by the elderly / Anneke van den Berg Jeths and Mats Thorslund
  • Effects of population aging on health care expenditure and financing : some illustrations / Reiner Leidl
  • Caring for the elderly : priorities for an aging population / Mats Thorslund and Marti G. Parker
  • Solidarity with the elderly and the allocation of resources / Ruud H.J. ter Meulen
  • The elderly and high-technology therapies / Bryan Jennett
  • The meaning of old age impeded by chronic disease / Gebhard Allert [and others]
  • Family caregiving for the elderly : are there ways to meet the need? / Eva Topinková
  • Adult daughter caregivers : philosophical analysis and implications for health care policy / Sarah-Vaughan Brakman
  • Institutional care of the elderly : lessons from Hungary / Bela Blasszauer
  • From generation to generation : why U.S. health care reform is so difficult in the twentieth century / W. Andrew Achenbaum
  • What do we owe the elderly? : allocating social and health care resources / Ruud H.J. ter Meulen, Eva Topinková, and Daniel Callahan.

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