Ethics and Aging

Part 1 General perspective: On reaching a new agenda - self-determination and ageing; Ethics and ageing - trends and problems in the clinical setting; Ethical aspects of ageing - justice, freedom and responsibility; Paradigms of ageing - growth versus decline; Cognitive intervention in later life - philosophical issues; The calculus of discrimination - discriminatory resource allocation for an ageing population; Population ageing and the economy - some issues in resource allocation. Part 2 Specific issues: The right to participate - ending discrimination against the elderly; Society and essentials for well-being - social policy and the provision of care; Foregoing treatment - killing versus letting die and the issue of non-feeding; Foregoing life-sustaining treatment - the Canadian Law Reform Commission and the President's Committee; Proxy consent for research on the incompetent elderly; Gerontology's challenge from its research population; Civil liberties and the elderly patient; Narrative, perspective, and ageing. Part 3 Ethics of ageing: a bibliography.