TY - BOOK
T1 - Aging
T2 - culture, health, and social change
A2 - Weisstub, David N.
A2 - Thomasma, David C.
A2 - Gauthier, Serge
A2 - Tomossy, George F.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Demographic studies foreshadow a dramatic increase in the proportion of "older" members of our global population. The task of allocating public and private resources to accommodate present and future generations is a daunting challenge for all nations. Not surprisingly, planning for the health of an aging society raises profound issues in law, ethics, and public policy. Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social health policy. How we approach and understand "aging" will have indelible effects on existing and future elder citizens. Acknowledging the cultural variances that exist in the human experience of aging is therefore of vital importance in order to respond to individual needs in a manner that is not paternalistic, discriminatory, or exclusionary.
AB - Demographic studies foreshadow a dramatic increase in the proportion of "older" members of our global population. The task of allocating public and private resources to accommodate present and future generations is a daunting challenge for all nations. Not surprisingly, planning for the health of an aging society raises profound issues in law, ethics, and public policy. Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social health policy. How we approach and understand "aging" will have indelible effects on existing and future elder citizens. Acknowledging the cultural variances that exist in the human experience of aging is therefore of vital importance in order to respond to individual needs in a manner that is not paternalistic, discriminatory, or exclusionary.
KW - Older people--Government policy
KW - Older people--Health and hygiene
KW - Older people--Legal status, laws, etc.
KW - Minority older people
KW - Social policy
M3 - Edited Book/Anthology
SN - 9781402001802
T3 - International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine
BT - Aging
PB - Kluwer
CY - Dordrecht ; Boston
ER -