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Legal and Healthcare Ethics for the Elderly
This work provides an analytical presentation of the complicated socio- legal, medico-ethical and political perspectives which interact with gerontology as a field of study. Topics covered include financing healthcare, quality of life, informed consent, elder abuse and death with dignity.
| Author(s) | By George P. Smith II. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 207 |
| Published in | United States |
| Published | 1 Jan 1996 |
| Availability | Available |
This work provides an analytical presentation of the complicated socio- legal, medico-ethical and political perspectives which interact with gerontology as a field of study. Topics covered include financing healthcare, quality of life, informed consent, elder abuse and death with dignity.
Aging as a phenomenon; a full or limited right of access to healthcare services; healthcare financing; economic efficiency, prioritizing and rationing; autonomy, competency and guardianship paternalism; informed or Negotiated Consent; Advance Directives;
George P. Smith
