ABSTRACT
Advances in medical technology and the rapidly increasing population of older Americans are causing people to question the ethical limits of life-extending interventions. How do we weigh issues involving equity, efficiency, autonomy, natural life span, and responsibility for the financial burdens of health care for the elderly? In this collection o
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|28 pages
Proposals to Limit Care
part Two|58 pages
Philosphical Foundations
part Three|36 pages
Clinical Perspectives
part Four|52 pages
Economics and Public Policy
part Five|69 pages
Gender, Equity, and Distributive Justice
part Six|64 pages
Personal Autonomy and Social Responsibility