Ethics, aging, and society

"This book discusses second-generation issues in ethics, aging, and society by presenting critical outcomes that arise when ethics is applied to the practical concerns that occur in day-to-day elder care. Key Features: Presents the first major work in over 10 years to integrate the disciplines of ethics and aging, includes case studies derived from day-to-day practice, addresses individual/clinical ethics in health and long-term care and ethical issues raised by public policy, cultural norms, and social attitudes, examines such critical issues as Alzheimer's disease, long-term care, ageism, public policy, anti-aging medicine, elder abuse, and natural disasters, explores new directions in ethical and social philosophy as they pertain to gerontology and care"--Book jacket.