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Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change

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Editors:
  1. David N. Weisstub

    1. Faculté de Médicine, Université de Montréal, Canada

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  2. David C. Thomasma

    1. Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University of Chicago Medical Center, USA

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  3. Serge Gauthier

    1. Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Centre for Studies on Aging, Faculty of Medicine, McGill Univesity, Canada

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  4. George F. Tomossy

    1. Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia

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Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (LIME, volume 10)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Paradigms

    1. Changing Paradigms of Aging and Being Older

      • Patricia M. Thane
      Pages 1-14

    2. Implications of Aging Paradigms for Bioethics

      • George J. Agich
      Pages 15-28

    3. Health in the “Grey” Millennium

      • John Mccallum
      Pages 29-42

  3. Social Responses

    1. Protecting Aged Citizenship

      • Terry Carney
      Pages 43-64

    2. Discrimination Against the Elderly Within a Consequentialist Approach to Health Care Resource Allocation

      • Dan W. Brock
      Pages 65-82

    3. Therapeutic Jurisprudence and American Elder Law

      • Marshall B. Kapp
      Pages 83-100

    4. Finding the Elder Voice in Social Legislation

      • Linda S. Whitton
      Pages 101-117

    5. European Social Policy for the Elderly

      • Nicole Delpérée
      Pages 119-144

    6. Aging in Developing Countries

      • Martha Peláez, Alexandre Kalache
      Pages 145-159

  4. Cultural Dimensions

    1. Aging and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective

      • Peter H. Stephenson
      Pages 161-173

    2. Old Age, Cultural Complexity, and Narrative Interpretation

      • Anne Leonora Blaakilde
      Pages 175-189

    3. Foodways of Disadvantaged Men Growing Old in the Inner City

      • Cherry Russell, Denise Touchard, Hal Kendig, Susan Quine
      Pages 191-215

  5. Reflections

    1. The Affective Alienation of the Elderly

      • George B. Palermo
      Pages 217-230

    2. Reflection on Aging

      • Renzo Pegoraro
      Pages 231-243

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 245-255
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculté de Médicine, Université de Montréal, Canada

    David N. Weisstub

  • Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University of Chicago Medical Center, USA

    David C. Thomasma

  • Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Centre for Studies on Aging, Faculty of Medicine, McGill Univesity, Canada

    Serge Gauthier

  • Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia

    George F. Tomossy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change

  • Editors: David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma, Serge Gauthier, George F. Tomossy

  • Series Title: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0677-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0180-2Published: 30 November 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5896-6Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0677-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1567-8008

  • Series E-ISSN: 2351-955X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 256

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Aging, Medical Law, Anthropology

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