Aging and ethics : philosophical problems in gerontology / edited by Nancy S. Jecker.
1991
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Title
Aging and ethics : philosophical problems in gerontology / edited by Nancy S. Jecker.
Published
Clifton, N.J. : Humana Press, [1991]
Copyright
©1991
Call Number
HQ1061 .A4555 1991
Alternate Title
Aging & ethics
ISBN
0896032019
Description
xi, 394 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)23768263
Note
Cover title: Aging & ethics
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
Introduction
1
The Aging Individual
The Meaning of Life / Kurt Baier
3
The Meaning of Life in Old Age / Harry R. Moody
51
Oedipus and the Meaning of Aging: Personal Reflections and Historical Perspectives / Thomas R. Cole
93
Recovering the Body in Aging / Sally Gadow
113
Aging and Filial Responsibility
The Aging Society as a Context for Family Life / Gunhild O. Hagestad
123
What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents? / Jane English
147
Families as Caregivers: The Limits of Morality / Daniel Callahan
155
Health Care and Decision Making / Sara T. Fry
171
Rethinking Family Loyalties / Evelyn M. Barker
187
The Role of Intimate Others in Medical Decision Making / Nancy S. Jecker
199
Distributive Justice in an Aging Society
Limiting Health Care for the Old / Daniel Callahan
219
A Lifespan Approach to Health Care / Norman Daniels
227
Old Age and the Rationing of Scarce Health Care Resources / Mark H. Waymack
247
Appeals to Nature in Theories of Age-Group Justice / Nancy S. Jecker
269
Paying the Real Costs of Lifesaving / Paul T. Menzel
285
Intent and Actuality: Sacrificing the Old and Other Health Care Goals / Jane A. Boyajian
307
Philosophical Reflections on Aging and Death
Resentment and the Rights of the Elderly / Albert R. Jonsen
341
Ancient Myth and Modern Medicine: Lessons from Baucis and Philemon / Lawrence J. Schneiderman
353
The Meaning of Temporality in Old Age / Nancy S. Jecker
367
The Absurd / Thomas Nagel
375
Index
389