000			01705cam a2200253 4500
008			210219s2012 enka f b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781853159787
040			_aStDuBDS _beng _erda _cStDuBDS _dHKGCC
090		3	_aRA408.A3 _bE84 2012
245	1	0	_aEthical challenges of ageing / _cedited by Marie-Jo Thiel.
264		1	_aLondon, UK : _bRoyal Society Medicine Press Ltd, _c[2012]
300			_axix, 378 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index (pages 369-378).
520			_aFor many years, representations of old age were dominated by medical considerations, focused on disease, suffering and more broadly on decline. Medical progress, better diet, improved working conditions and many other factors, have however led to significant increases in life expectancy and radical change in the demographic structure of society, at least in the wealthier nations. Someone giving up work for retirement today can generally look forward to at least another ten years of good health. This observation should not, however, disguise the many inequalities between classes and geographic areas, nor the disparities between pensioners temselves, nor the increasing numbers of old people coping with reduced autonomy, nor the serious questions around care, age-based discrimination, loss of dignity, and so on. -- from back cover
650		0	_aGeriatrics _xMoral and ethical aspects
650		0	_aAging _xSocial aspects
650		0	_aOlder people _xCare
650		0	_aTerminal care
700	1		_aThiel, Marie-Jo, _eeditor.
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