Choosing who's to live : ethics and aging / edited by James W. Walters.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walters, James W. (James William), 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Medical care--Moral and ethical aspects.

Older people.

Health care rationing.

Older people--Medical care--Economic aspects.

Older people--Medical care.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 165 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Choosing who is to live

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996]

Summary:

In this volume, six leading scholars take the discussion of rationing health care beyond the simple idea of withholding government-funded, life-saving treatment from the very old to a more ethical, effective treatment plan for all.

Contents:

The justification and implications of age-influenced rationing / Paul T. Menzel

Justice between the young and the old: rationing from an international perspective / Norman Daniels

Is there a place for euthanasia in America's care for its elderly? / Margaret P. Battin

Caring for the disabled elderly: the economics and ethics of financing long-term care / Nancy S. Jecker

Bioethics in a disposal society: health care and the intergenerational stake / Carroll L. Estes, Susan E. Kelly, and Elizabeth A. Binney

Why now? the growing interest in limiting the lifesaving health care resources available to elderly people / John F. Kilner.

Notes:

"The essays in this volume evolved from a working conference held at Loma Linda University in 1991 that was designed to further the discussion of rationing health care beyond a focus on age as the primary criterion"--P. [vii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0252022408

0252065417

OCLC:

33334312