Ethics and the Elderly

This monograph examines several important ethical issues concerning the elderly, including life-sustaining medical treatment for elderly patients, the age-rationing of medical care, paternalism toward the elderly, research with elderly subjects and the duties of children with elderly parents.

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This monograph examines several important ethical issues concerning the elderly. These include life-sustaining medical treatment for elderly patients, ageism, the age-rationing of medical care, paternalism toward the elderly, research with elderly subjects and the duties of adult children toward frail elderly parents. The book should be of particular interest to clinicians and students in gerontology, geriatric medicine, nursing, social work, biomedical ethics and philosophy.