Challenges of an Aging Society: Ethical Dilemmas, Political Issues by Rachel A.

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In this important and timely collection, some of the best minds in gerontology and bioethics-including Nancy Dubler, Rick Moody, Andrew Achenbaum, Robert Hudson, and Robert Binstock-explore the ethical, social, and political challenges of an aging society. A unique combination of disciplines and perspectives-from economics to nursing, psychology to theology-this valuable synthesis of theory and practice provides frameworks and analyses for considering the ethical issues of both individual and societal aging. The contributors address the major policy challenges of Social Security, Medicare, and prescription drugs as well as ethical issues ranging from individual autonomy to family responsibility to distributive justice. Specific topics covered include end-of-life decision making, family relations across generations, age-based intergenerational policies, and the reform of Social Security. Contributors:W. Andrew Achenbaum, Ph.D., University of Houston; Vern L. Bengtson, Ph.D., University of Southern California; Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University; Christine E. Bishop, Ph.D., Brandeis University; Thomas R. Cole, Ph.D.,University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Peter A. Diamond, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LL.B., Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Msgr. Charles J. Fahey, Fordham University; Lucy Feild, Ph.D., R.N., Partners Human Research Quality Improvement Program; Martha B. Holstein, Ph.D., DePaul University; Robert B. Hudson, Ph.D., Boston University; Eric R. Kingson, Ph.D., Syracuse University; Ronald J. Manheimer, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Asheville; Kyriakos S. Markides, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch; Daniel C. Marson, J.D., Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham; H. Rick Moody, Ph.D., AARP; Peter R. Orszag, Ph.D., Brookings Institution; Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Norella M. Putney, Ph.D., University of Southern California; Michael A. Smyer, Ph.D., Boston College; Bruce Stuart, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore; Melanie A. Wakeman, Ph.D., California State University, Los Angeles; Steven P. Wallace, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles; John B. Williamson, Ph.D., Boston College.

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Well-written, thoroughly referenced, and provocative. The editors and contributing authors of this volume consist of a cavalcade of national stars in the field of aging and public policy. -- Marshall B. Kapp, Southern Illinois University School of Law

Author Biography

Rachel A. Pruchno is a professor at the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine. Michael A. Smyer is a professor of psychology and director of the Center on Aging and Work at Boston College.

Table of Contents

List of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Science and Ethics of Aging WellPart I: Autonomy and End-of-Life Decisions1. The Legal Aspects of End-Of-Life Decision Making2. Assessing Compentency to Make Medical Decisions at the End of Life: Clinician and Patient Issues3. The Ethics of Long-Term Care: Recasting the Policy Discourse4. Religiosity and Spirituality at the End of Life: Challenges and OpportunitiesPart II: The Future of Family Responsibility5. The Family and the Future: Challenges, Prospects, and Resilience6. Long-Term Care, Feminism, and an Ethics of Solidarity7. Aging, Generational Opposition, and the Future of the FamilyPart III: Policies and Politics of Genrational Responsibility8. Minority Elders in the United States: Implications for Public Policy9. Allocating Resources for Lifelong Learning for Older Adults10. Transforming Age-Based Policies to Meet Fluid Life-Course Needs11. The Political Paradoxes of Thinking outside the Life-Cycle Boxes12. Is Responsibility across Generations Politically Feasible?Part IV: Health and Wealth: Whose Responsibility?13. Social Security Reform and Responsibility across the Generations: Framing the Debate14. Setting the Agenda for Social Security Reform15. A Summary of Saving Social Security: A Balanced Approach16. Assessing the Returns from the New Medicare Drug Benefit17. Prescription Drugs and Elders in the Twenty-first CenturyIndex

Review

An excellent book... Will be exceedingly helpful to clinicians and nonclinicians who are involved in the development of public policy. JAMA Easily readable and well referenced... It is an excellent, well-thought-out resource for where the U.S. is on the issue of gerontology as it relates to ethics and public policy... Highly recommended. Choice A good survey of many aging society issues. Future Survey Some of the individual chapters are superb... contains some interesting original material as well as a useful synthesis of the literature... There is something in it for almost everyone. New England Journal of Medicine This book is well edited and presented, which makes reading it quite straightforward, even while taking on at times some complex issues. -- Karen Le Ball Age and Ageing This book... is unique in that it explores issues and challenges at hand with the current aging society through an 'ethical' lens, and brings together experts in a wide range of fields covering sociobiology, social work, economics, public policy, theology, public health, bioethics, nursing and neurology -- Erica Yoonkyung Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare There is something for everyone in this collection -- John Bond Aging and Society It is a compilation of multiple thought-provoking analyses of the status of elderly and the aging, and includes current and future ramifications. -- Susan Wegener Inside GCM

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Well-written, thoroughly referenced, and provocative. The editors and contributing authors of this volume consist of a cavalcade of national stars in the field of aging and public policy. -- Marshall B. Kapp, Southern Illinois University School of Law

Long Description

In this important and timely collection, some of the best minds in gerontology and bioethics - including Nancy Dubler, Rick Moody, Andrew Achenbaum, Robert Hudson, and Robert Binstock - explore the ethical, social, and political challenges of an aging society. A unique combination of disciplines and perspectives - from economics to nursing, psychology to theology - this valuable synthesis of theory and practice provides frameworks and analyses for considering the ethical issues of both individual and societal aging. The contributors address the major policy challenges of Social Security, Medicare, and prescription drugs as well as ethical issues ranging from individual autonomy to family responsibility to distributive justice. Specific topics covered include end-of-life decision making, family relations across generations, age-based intergenerational policies, and the reform of Social Security. Contributors: W. Andrew Achenbaum, Ph.D., University of Houston; Vern L. Bengtson, Ph.D., University of Southern California; Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University; Christine E. Bishop, Ph.D., Brandeis University; Thomas R. Cole, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Peter A. Diamond, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LL.B., Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Msgr. Charles J. Fahey, Fordham University; Lucy Feild, Ph.D., R.N., Partners Human Research Quality Improvement Program; Martha B. Holstein, Ph.D., DePaul University; Robert B. Hudson, Ph.D., Boston University; Eric R. Kingson, Ph.D., Syracuse University; Ronald J. Manheimer, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Asheville; Kyriakos S. Markides, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch; Daniel C. Marson, J.D., Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham; H. Rick Moody, Ph.D., AARP; Peter R. Orszag, Ph.D., Brookings Institution; Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Norella M. Putney, Ph.D., University of Southern California; Michael A. Smyer, Ph.D., Boston College; Bruce Stuart, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore; Melanie A. Wakeman, Ph.D., California State University, Los Angeles; Steven P. Wallace, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles; John B. Williamson, Ph.D., Boston College.Reviews''Well-written, thoroughly referenced, and provocative. The editors and contributing authors of this volume consist of a cavalcade of national stars in the field of aging and public policy.''--Marshall B. Kapp, Southern Illinois University School of Law''An excellent book . . . Will be exceedingly helpful to clinicians and nonclinicians who are involved in the development of public policy.''--JAMA''Easily readable and well referenced . . . It is an excellent, well-thought-out resource for where the U.S. is on the issue of gerontology as it relates to ethics and public policy . . . Highly recommended.''--Choice''A good survey of many aging society issues.''--Future Survey''Some of the individual chapters are superb . . . contains some interesting original material as well as a useful synthesis of the literature . . . There is something in it for almost everyone.''--New England Journal of Medicine

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""It is a compilation of multiple thought-provoking analyses of the status of elderly and the aging, and includes current and future ramifications.""

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"This book is well edited and presented, which makes reading it quite straightforward, even while taking on at times some complex issues." -- Karen Le Ball, Age and Ageing

Details ISBN0801886481 Author Michael A. Smyer Short Title CHALLENGES OF AN AGING SOCIETY Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Series Gerontology Language English ISBN-10 0801886481 ISBN-13 9780801886485 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2007 Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Subtitle Ethical Dilemmas, Political Issues Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States Edited by Rachel A. Pruchno Edition 1st Audience Age 17 Illustrations 11 Illustrations, black and white Affiliation Bucknell University Position Provost DOI 10.1604/9780801886485 NZ Release Date 2007-11-05 US Release Date 2007-11-05 UK Release Date 2007-11-05 Pages 464 Publication Date 2007-11-05 DEWEY 174.29897 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2007-09-14 We've got this

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