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The Elderly: Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare Policy
Aging is a public health priority that is becoming increasingly important in both developed and less developed nations, with individual health care providers and law-makers each facing a significant number of difficult ethical and policy dilemmas. This volume brings together the most significant published essays in this field.
| Author(s) | Edited by Martin Lyon Levine. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 590 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 23 Apr 2009 |
| Availability | Available |
Aging is a public health priority that is becoming increasingly important in both developed and less developed nations, with individual health care providers and law-makers each facing a significant number of difficult ethical and policy dilemmas. This volume brings together the most significant published essays in this field.
Contents: Introduction. Part I Healthcare in an Aging Society: The Demographic Context: Making aging a public health priority, Robert Kane; Health care implications of an aging population, Michael Micklin; Healthcare policy in the later 20th century, Carr
Martin Lyon Levine, J.D., LL.D., holds the UPS Foundation Chair in Law and Gerontology, and is Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California, USA, where he is University Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Both
