Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Schermer, Maartje (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pinxten, Wim (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Ethics and Health Policy, 1
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Ethics.; Health promotion.; Medical ethics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

This volume is about the ethical and philosophical issues that arise in an aging society, and the implications of these issues for healthcare- and social policy.  After a brief overview of biomedicine's changing approach of ageing and longevity and of the new expectations that these changes gen...