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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