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Author Thornton, James E

Title Ethics and Aging : the Right to Live, The Right to Die
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages)
Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction to Principal Themes and Issues""; ""PART ONE: GENERAL PERSPECTIVES""; ""2 On Reaching a New Agenda: Self-Determination and Aging""; ""3 Ethics and Aging: Trends and Problems in the Clinical Setting""; ""4 Ethical Aspects of Aging: Justice, Freedom, and Responsibility""; ""5 Paradigms of Aging: Growth versus Decline""; ""6 Cognitive Intervention in Later Life: Philosophical Issues""; ""7 The Calculus of Discrimination: Discriminatory Resource Allocation for an Aging Population""
""8 Population Aging and the Economy: Some Issues in Resource Allocation""""PART TWO: SPECIFIC ISSUES""; ""9 The Right to Participate: Ending Discrimination Against the Elderly""; ""10 Society and Essentials for Well-Being: Social Policy and the Provision of Care""; ""11 Foregoing Treatment: Killing versus Letting Die, and the Issue of Non-Feeding""; ""12 Foregoing Life-Sustaining Treatment: The Canadian Law Reform Commission and the President's Commission""; ""13 Proxy Consent for Research on the Incompetent Elderly""
""14 Gerontology's Challenge from Its Research Population: Updating Research Ethics""""15 Civil Liberties and the Elderly Patient""; ""16 Narrative, Perspective, and Aging""; ""PART THREE: Biblography""; ""Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Index of Names""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
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Subject Gerontology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Canada
Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects
Older people -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Medical care
Right to die -- Legal status, laws, etc
Older people.
Medical care.
Do-not-resuscitate orders.
Social justice.
Right to die.
Liberty.
Human rights.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Euthanasia.
Patient participation.
Employment (Economic theory)
Prejudices.
Social history.
Social values.
Decision making.
Research.
Patient compliance.
Humanities.
Social control.
Therapeutics.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Economics.
National health services.
Health services administration.
Sociology.
Health services accessibility.
Health planning.
Social psychology.
Adulthood.
Philosophy.
Thought and thinking.
Social problems.
Human information processing.
Nursing care plans.
Science.
Health attitudes.
Social sciences.
Consumers' leagues.
Physical sciences.
Non-governmental organizations.
Community Participation
Delivery of Health Care
Advance Directives
Ethics
Euthanasia, Passive
Mental Competency
Paternalism
Public Policy
Social Justice
Personal Autonomy
Right to Die
Health Care Rationing
Freedom
Human Rights
Withholding Treatment
Human Experimentation
Euthanasia
Patient Care
Patient Participation
Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
Employment
Prejudice
Social Conditions
Third-Party Consent
Social Values
Aged
Resource Allocation
Advisory Committees
Decision Making
Jurisprudence
Research
Advance Care Planning
Euthanasia, Active
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Humanities
Social Control Policies
Social Control, Formal
Therapeutics
Principle-Based Ethics
Informed Consent
Morals
Socioeconomic Factors
Economics
Biomedical Research
Health Services
Terminal Care
Patient Rights
Patient Care Management
Homicide
Sociology
Health Services Accessibility
Health Planning
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Policy Making
Psychology, Social
Adult
Philosophy
Thinking
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Investigative Techniques
Population Characteristics
Social Problems
Policy
Mental Processes
Community Health Services
Patient Care Planning
Psychiatry and Psychology
Science
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Health Services Administration
Attitude to Health
Social Sciences
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Age Groups
Consumer Organizations
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Natural Science Disciplines
Persons
Comprehensive Health Care
Organizations
Disciplines and Occupations
Named Groups
Resuscitation Orders
elderly.
freedom.
employing.
social history.
decision making.
research (function)
humanities.
economics.
sociology.
social psychology.
philosophy.
thinking.
social issues.
sciences (philosophy)
social sciences.
physical sciences.
treating (health care function)
science (modern discipline)
Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects
Gerontology -- Moral and ethical aspects
Older people
Gerontology.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774854801
0774854804