Justice for older people
By: by Harry Lesser
Series: Value inquiry book series -- v. 245; Value inquiry book series -- v. 245.
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amsterdam ; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9789042034907
Subjects: Medical care; Aging; Moral and ethical aspects; Older people; Care
Description: "This book demonstrates, using philosophy as well as factual material, why the way older people are currently treated is often unjust and fails to respect their dignity.  It aso suggests many ways in which this could be improved."--Back cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The present situation: diagnosis and treatment  / Harry Lesser; title: Older people, care, dignity, and human rights / Peter Crome; title: Age, dignity, and social policy / Andrew Edgar; title: Dangers and dilemmas surrounding the consumption of anti-ageing medicine / Beatriz Cardona; title: Loneliness in older patients / Harry Lesser; title: The effect of ageing on autonomy / Caroline Dunn; title: Autonomy for older patients in bedside medicine: observations from a developing nation / Ashish Goel, Wilma Wilson, and Ab Dey; title: Intervention without patient consent / Harry Lesser; title: Is a gray world desirable? / Simona Giordano; title: Personal development in old age / John Hostler; title: The global distribution of healthcare resources in the twenty-first century / Robin Attfield; title: The rival claims of children and adults to healthcare resources: is there a need for greater coherence in our view? / Margaret Harris; title: Setting limits fairly: a critique of some of Daniel Callahan's views / Michael Rivlin; title: Social injustice: distributive egalitarianism, the complete-life view, and age discrimination / Richard Wagland; title: A fair innings or a complete life: another attempt at an egalitarian justification of ageism / richard Wagland; title: Triage and older patients / Harry Lesser; title: Justice, guidelines, and virtues / Julian C. Hughes.