Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

xiii, 165 p.; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Choosing who is to live

Subjects

• Health care rationing
• Older people > Medical care > Economic aspects
• Older people > Medical care > Moral and ethical aspects

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].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 96-15794

ISBN

• 0252022408 (cloth : acid-free paper)
• 0252065417 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

95041785

OCLC

33334312

Title

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

Imprint

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

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

Research Call Number

JFE 96-15794