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Recent years have seen a growing interest in the questions of ethics and aging. Advances in medical technology have created dilemmas for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals over such questions as the allocation of resources and a patient's "right to die." At the same time, the aging of the American population raises concerns about social policies that involve the role of government. In Ethics in an Aging Society Harry R. Moody examines both the clinical and the policy issues that center around aging. Moody pays special attention to the ethical problems associated with two particularly timely concerns-Alzheimer's disease and the increasingly controversial issue of "rational suicide" for reasons of age. He also focuses on the rights of patients in long-term care and on the question of justice between generations (Are older patients using more than their "fair share" of scarce health care dollars?).

#SBIB:316.334.3M10 --- vergrijzing (veroudering van de bevolking) --- #SBIB:316.8H14 --- bejaardenzorg (ouderenzorg) --- langetermijnzorg --- intergenerationele solidariteit --- bio-ethiek (medische, biomedische ethiek, bio-ethische aspecten) --- ethiek (ethische aspecten) --- beleid (politieke aspecten) --- Medische sociologie: algemeen --- viellissement de la population (viellissement démographique) --- Welzijns- en sociale problemen: bejaarden --- assistance aux personnes âgées --- soins de longue durée --- solidarité intergénérationnelle --- bioéthique (éthique médicale, biomédicale, aspects bioéthiques) --- ethique (aspects ethiques) --- politique (aspects politiques)