| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-246). |
| Contents |
Introduction to principal themes and issues / Earl R. Winkler and James E. Thornton -- Part one : General perspectives -- On reaching a new agenda : self-determination and aging / Jane A. Boyajian -- Ethics and aging : trends and problems in the clinical setting / David Roy -- Ethical aspects of aging : justice, freedom, and responsibility / John C. Bennett -- Paradigms of aging : growth versus decline / James E. Birren and Candace A. Stacey -- Cognitive intervention in later life : philosophical issues / David F. Hultsch and Jane H. McEwan -- Calculus of discrimination : discriminatory resource allocation for an aging population / Eike-Henner W. Kluge -- Population aging and the economy : some issues in resource allocation / Frank T. Denton and Byron G. Spencer -- Part two : Specific issues -- Right to participate : ending discrimination against the elderly / Donald J. MacDougall -- Society and essentials for well-being : social policy and the provision of care / Neena L. Chappell -- Foregoing treatment : killing versus letting die, and the issue of non-feeding / Earl R. Winkler -- Foregoing life-sustaining treatment : the Canadian Law Reform Commission and the President's Commission / Alister Browne -- Proxy consent for research on the incompetent elderly / Barry F. Brown -- Gerontology's challenge from its research population / Beverly Burnside -- Civil liberties and the elderly patient / Arthur Schafer -- Narrative, perpsective, and aging / C.G. Prado. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Social conditions.
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Older people -- Social conditions. |
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Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Aging. |
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Social Conditions. |
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Aged. |
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Ethics. |
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Human Rights. |
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Prejudice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Thornton, James E. (James Edward), 1927-
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Winkler, Earl R. (Earl Raye), 1938-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ethics and aging. Vancouver [B.C.] : University of British Columbia Press, 1988 (DLC) 89139984 (OCoLC)20799790 |
| ISBN |
0774803029 |
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9780774803021 |
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077480310X (paperback) |
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9780774803106 (paperback) |
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9780774854801 (electronic book) |
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0774854804 (electronic book) |
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