Challenges of an Aging Society: Ethical Dilemmas, Political Issues (Gerontology)
An excellent book... Will be exceedingly helpful to clinicians and nonclinicians who are involved in the development of public policy.(JAMA)Easily readable and well referenced... It is an excellent, well-thought-out resource for where the U.S. is on the issue of gerontology as it relates to ethics and public policy... Highly recommended.(Choice)A good survey of many aging society issues.(Future Survey)Some of the individual chapters are superb... contains some interesting original material as well as a useful synthesis of the literature... There is something in it for almost everyone.(New England Journal of Medicine)This book is well edited and presented, which makes reading it quite straightforward, even while taking on at times some complex issues.(Karen Le BallAge and Ageing)Well-written, thoroughly referenced, and provocative. The editors and contributing authors of this volume consist of a cavalcade of national stars in the field of aging and public policy.(Marshall B. Kapp, Southern Illinois University School of Law)This book... is unique in that it explores issues and challenges at hand with the current aging society through an 'ethical' lens, and brings together experts in a wide range of fields covering sociobiology, social work, economics, public policy, theology, public health, bioethics, nursing and neurology(Erica YoonkyungJournal of Sociology and Social Welfare)There is something for everyone in this collection(John BondAging and Society)It is a compilation of multiple thought-provoking analyses of the status of elderly and the aging, and includes current and future ramifications.(Susan WegenerInside GCM)