Ethics in an Aging Society Tapa blanda - 1996

Primera línea

The growing interest in questions of ethics and aging in recent years has been stimulated by two broad trends: advances in medical technology that have led to dilemmas of clinical bioethics (for example, decisions surrounding death and dying); and the coming of an aging society with rising numbers of dependent elderly people whose care raises far-reaching questions of social policy.

Descripción de contraportada

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the questions of ethics and aging. Advances in medical technology have created dilemmas for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals over such questions as the allocation of resources and a patient's 'right to die.' At the same time, the aging of the American population raises concerns about social policies that involve the role of government. In Ethics in an Aging Society Harry R. Moody examines both the clinical and the policy issues that center around aging.