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1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
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CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection
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Introduction to principal themes and issues / Earl R. Winkler and James E. Thornton -- Part one : General perspectives -- On reaching a new agenda : self-determination and aging / Jane A. Boyajian -- Ethics and aging : trends and problems in the clinical setting / David Roy -- Ethical aspects of aging : justice, freedom, and responsibility / John C. Bennett -- Paradigms of aging : growth versus decline / James E. Birren and Candace A. Stacey -- Cognitive intervention in later life : philosophical issues / David F. Hultsch and Jane H. McEwan -- The calculus of discrimination : discriminatory resource allocation for an aging population / Eike-Henner W. Kluge -- Population aging and the economy : some issues in resource allocation / Frank T. Denton and Byron G. Spencer -- Part two : Specific issues -- The right to participate : ending discrimination against the elderly / Donald J. MacDougall -- Society and essentials for well-being : social policy and the provision of care / Neena L. Chappell -- Foregoing treatment : killing versus letting die, and the issue of non-feeding / Earl R. Winkler -- Foregoing life-sustaining treatment : the Canadian Law Reform Commission and the President's Commission / Alister Browne -- Proxy consent for research on the incompetent elderly / Barry F. Brown -- Gerontology's challenge from its research population / Beverly Burnside -- Civil liberties and the elderly patient / Arthur Schafer -- Narrative, perpsective, and aging / C.G. Prado |
| Summary |
Annotation Sixteen contributions reflect the complexity of questions on ethics in aging, developing them in relation to the involvement of the elderly in the design of social policy and the research which affects them. Viewpoints are presented from gerontology, philosophy, law, theology, sociology, medicine, and economics. Thornton is coordinator of a committee on gerontology at the U. of British Columbia; Winkler is in the university's philosophy department. Paper edition (0-7748-0302-X) is available for $16.95. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-246) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Older people -- Social conditions.
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Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Social history.
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Older people.
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Human rights.
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Prejudices.
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Social Conditions
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Aged
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Ethics
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Human Rights
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Prejudice
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social history.
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elderly.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
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Social history
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Prejudices
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Older people
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Human rights
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Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Older people -- Social conditions
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Ouderen.
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Ethische aspecten.
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Euthanasie.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Thornton, James E. (James Edward), 1927-
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Winkler, Earl R. (Earl Raye), 1938-
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| ISBN |
0774803029 |
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9780774803021 |
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077480310X |
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9780774803106 |
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9780774854801 |
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0774854804 |
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