Ethics and the Elderly - Hardcover

Wicclair, Mark R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019505315X ISBN 13: 9780195053159

Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

With the increasing growth of the elderly population, geriatric care is becoming eminently important not only to medical professionals but also to all those involved in caring for the elderly including social workers, nursing home staff, and relatives. This timely work confronts in a clear and systematic manner the many ethical issues concerning care for elderly persons. For instance, what is sound ethical decision-making in relation to life-sustaining medical treatment for elderly patients? At a time when aging of the population is increasing the demand for health care, is age-rationing a justified means of cost control? How can investigators satisfy ethical requirements in relation to medical or social-scientific research with elderly subjects, and what special precautions are needed when elderly persons are ill, demented, dependent on social services, and/or institutionalized? What are the responsibilities of adult children toward frail elderly parents? How can professionals and relatives determine whether paternalism toward an elderly person is ethically justified? In an accessible way, this book explains the ethical and conceptual issues at stake. Several key examples are presented and each chapter ends with an extensive case study and analysis. Ethics and the Elderly will be a valuable resource for all those involved in geriatric care and to many in the field of bioethics.

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Mark R. Wicclair, Ph.D., is a Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Center for Health Ethics and Law at West Virginia University. Ath the University of Pittsburgh, he is Visiting Professor of Medicine and History and Philosophy of Science, and Associate of the Center for Medical Ethics.


Mark R. Wicclair, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Center for Health Ethics and Law at West Virginia University. At the University of Pittsburgh, he is Visiting Professor of Medicine and History and Philosophy of Science, and Associate of the Center for Medical Ethics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 019505315X
• ISBN 13: 9780195053159
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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