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9780521415316: The Dependent Elderly
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521415314 ISBN 13 : 9780521415316
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1992

Synopsis

A distinguished team of contributors from the fields of medicine, philosophy and law address some of the issues which arise over the provision of care for dependent elderly patients. Some of the chapters are concerned with the challenge of achieving good quality medical care, the chronic inadequacies of policy making in the UK context, and the prospects for improvement in the medium term. Other chapters look at some of the threats to dependent elderly patients posed by longer-term social and ideological trends which find expression in proposals for age-limits to health care, advocacy of living wills and euthanasia, arguments for withdrawing tube-feeding from certain categories of patient, and certain proposals for resource allocation. This interdisciplinary volume will have a wide appeal to those involved in care of the dependent elderly, to health policy analysts and health care economists, and to bioethicists.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A distinguished team of contributors from the fields of medicine, philosophy and law address some of the issues which arise over the provision of care for dependent elderly patients. Some of the chapters are concerned with the challenge of achieving good quality medical care, the chronic inadequacies of policy making in the UK context, and the prospects for improvement in the medium term. Other chapters look at some of the threats to dependent elderly patients posed by longer-term social and ideological trends which find expression in proposals for age-limits to health care, advocacy of living wills and euthanasia, arguments for withdrawing tube-feeding from certain categories of patient, and certain proposals for resource allocation. This interdisciplinary volume will have a wide appeal to those involved in care of the dependent elderly, to health policy analysts and health care economists, and to bioethicists.

Revue de presse

Review of the hardback: '... an excellent new book on the subject ... informative and challenging ... deserves careful reading and reflection ... I warmly recommend this book.' Bernadette Tobin, Bioethics Outlook

Review of the hardback: '... a fair amount of food for thought ... a useful collection of contributions to several debates.' Journal of Medical Ethics

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521415314
ISBN 13 
9780521415316
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
212
Éditeur
Gormally Luke
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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