Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The effect of ageing on autonomy; 2 Personal development in old age; 3 Ageing and autonomy: the case for genetic enhancement; 4 Practical problems with the discharge of old people from hospital -- a physician's perspective; 5 A mental health perspective on ageing; 6 Ending lives: age, autonomy and the quality of life; 7 Therapy abatement; 8 The global distribution of health care resources; 9 Population ageing, social security, and the distribution of economic resources
10 'Last time buyers' markets and marketing in services for the elderly; 11 Justifying ageism; 12 The felicific calculus strikes back; 13 Justice and the principle of triage; 14 Health care access, population ageing, and intergenerational justice
Summary
First Published in 1999, lesser collects fourteen papers to create a discourse on the practical importance in a society where the proportion of elderly people is increasing. Exploring how autonomy and how it should be defined, and ethically when is it right to preserve a person's autonomy and in comparison is it ever ethically right to bring elderly peoples autonomy as a secondary concern is it saves them from harm?
