Planning Later Life: Bioethics and Public Health in Ageing Societies
Hardcover
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By Mark Schweda (Editor), Larissa Pfaller (Editor), Kai Brauer (Editor), Frank Adloff (Editor), Silke Schicktanz (Editor)
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This book examines the relevance of modern medicine and healthcare in shaping the lives of elderly persons and the practices and institutions of ageing societies. Combining individual and social dimensions, Planning Later Life discusses the ethical, social, and political consequences of increasing life expectancies and demographic change in the context of biomedicine and public health.
By focusing on the field of biomedicine and healthcare, the authors engage readers in a dialogue on the et...


