Choosing who's to live : ethics and aging

Author(s)

• Walters, James W. (James William)

Bibliographic Information

Choosing who's to live : ethics and aging

edited by James W. Walters

University of Illinois Press, c1996

• cloth
• : pbk

Other Title

Choosing who is to live

Note

"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

Contents of Works

• 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

Details

• NCID: BA29687351
• ISBN:
  • 0252022408
  • 0252065417
• LCCN: 95041785
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Urbana
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 165 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RA564.8
  • DC20 : 174/.24
  • NDC8 : 490.15
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aged -- Medical care -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Health care rationing
  • LCSH : Aged -- Medical care -- Economic aspects