A world growing old: the coming health care challenges

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019, Author.

Contributor:

Topinková, Eva, Contributor.

Meulen, R. H. J. ter (Ruud H. J.), 1952- Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Georgetown University Press 1996

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For much of the developed world, health care for a surging elderly population looms as one of the most daunting problems of the coming decade. In this book, contributors from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and countries discuss resource allocation for the elderly and debate plans for the years ahead. Essays focus on five general issues: the meaning of old age, the goals of medicine and health care for the elderly, the balance between the needs of the young and old, the pressures of other social priorities, and the role of families, especially the burden on women, in long-term care.In consideration of the difficult moral and practical issues involved, the editors conclude the volume with a special report containing policy recommendations from representatives of eight countries (the United States, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). This important volume will be of interest to policymakers and a broad spectrum of health care professionals, as well as to anyone interested in the fate of the elderly or in coming health care challenges.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780585225487

0585225486