Planning Later Life

Planning Later Life

Bioethics and Public Health in Ageing Societies

Schweda, Mark; Brauer, Kai; Adloff, Frank; Schicktanz, Silke

Taylor & Francis Ltd

07/2017

264

Dura

Inglês

9781472481320

15 a 20 dias

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List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Mark Schweda, Larissa Pfaller, and Silke Schicktanz Part 1: Conceptions of Aging and Old Age 1. "A Season to Everything"? Considering Life-Course Perspectives in Bioethical and Public-Health Discussions on Aging Mark Schweda 2. Becoming Oneself: Toward a New Philosophy of Ageing Thomas Rentsch 3. Third Age and Fourth Age in Aging Societies - Divergent Social and Ethical Discourses Francois Hoepflinger 4. The Nature of the Fourth Age as a Challenge to Aging Societies Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard Part 2: Perspectives and Problems of Old Age in the Context of Medicine and Healthcare 5. Old Age, Potentials, and Vulnerability Andreas Kruse 6. Competence and Cognitive Deterioration: Are We Paying Enough Attention to Ethical Issues? Perla Werner and Silke Schicktanz 7. Opt In or Opt Out? Rethinking the Provision of Life-Sustaining Medical Technology to the 'Old Old' Hsiu-I Yang 8. Not Growing Old - Gracefully Soren Holm 9. How to Think About Age-Group Justice: The Capabilities Approach Nancy S. Jecker Part 3: Individual Provisions and Public Policies in Aging Societies 10. Final Decisions for the Final Crisis: Hopes and Hypes Regarding the Advance Directive in Germany Kai Brauer 11. Preparing Existential Decisions in Later Life: Advance Healthcare Planning Ralf J. Jox 12. Articulating the Case for the Longevity Dividend S. Jay Olshansky 13. Paradoxes of Planning Later Life: Anti-Aging Practices and the Lived Body Larissa Pfaller and Frank Adloff 14. The Visionary Shaping of Dementia Research: Imaginations and Scenarios in Biopolitical Narratives and Ethical Reflections Silke Schicktanz 15. Solidarity and Family Care for an Aging Population Ruud ter Meulen 16. Legacies, Generations, and Aging Futures: The Ethics of Intergenerativity Stephen Katz and Peter J. Whitehouse Index
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