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Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings

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Editors:
  1. Maartje Schermer

    1. Rotterdam, Netherlands

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  2. Wim Pinxten

    1. , Medical Ethics and Philsophy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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  • Brings together scientific, normative and policy issues in a single volume, endorsing a truly multidisciplinary approach Includes competing standpoints in the reflection on aging and longevity
  • Offers comprehensive introduction to educated professionals who are new to normative and policy dimension the field enquiry
  • Covers various types of analysis, ranging from philosophical discourse to a narrative approach of the topic and the results of empirical research?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ethics and Health Policy (EHP, volume 1)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-1
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  2. Setting the Scene: Views on Age and Aging

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Setting the Scene

    1. Introduction

      • Maartje Schermer, Wim Pinxten
      Pages 3-11

    2. Built to Last?

      • Wim Pinxten
      Pages 13-28

    3. The Anti-Aging Movement

      • John Vincent
      Pages 29-40

    4. Do We Need an Anthropology of the Aging Person and What should it Look Like?

      • Wim Dekkers
      Pages 41-58

    5. The Implicit Anthropology of Bioethics and the Problem of the Aging Person

      • Søren Holm
      Pages 59-71

    6. On Old Age—Impressions of a Geriatrician

      • Bert Keizer
      Pages 73-77

    7. You don’t Grow Old on Your Own

      • Frans Meulenberg, Wim Pinxten
      Pages 79-87

  4. Taking Care: Caring for Elderly in an Aging Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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  5. Taking Care

    1. Aging Beyond Frailty: The Future of Old Age

      • Cees Hertogh
      Pages 91-104

    2. Former Wishes and Current Desires

      • Dorothea P. Touwen
      Pages 105-118

    3. Death Wishes of the Elderly: Is There a Task for Doctors?

      • Govert den Hartogh
      Pages 119-134

    4. Imagining Good Aging

      • Frits de Lange
      Pages 135-146

    5. Justice and the Elderly

      • Anders Schinkel
      Pages 147-169

  6. Looking Ahead: Ethics and Prolongevity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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  7. Looking Ahead

    1. Ethical Perspectives in Biogerontology

      • Sebastian Sethe, João Pedro de Magalhães
      Pages 173-188

    2. Immortal Ethics

      • John Harris
      Pages 189-196

    3. Will You… When I’m Sixty Four?

      • Inez de Beaufort
      Pages 197-207

    4. Old Age Is an Incurable Disease—or Is It?

      • Maartje Schermer
      Pages 209-224
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About this book

This volume focuses on the ethical and philosophical issues that arise in an aging society, and the implications of these issues for healthcare and social policy.  After a brief overview of biomedicine's changing approach of ageing and longevity and of the new expectations that these changes generate, various ethical, social, and policy issues that surround aging and longevity are discussed. First, the images and social meanings of aging and old age in our society are explored, including their normative dimensions and implications for policy. Next, ethical issues in the care for frail elderly are discussed, as well as notion of good care and end-of-life decisions. Finally, the ethical and social implications of emerging possibilities for anti-aging and lifespan extension are considered. The book concludes with an overview of the relevance of the issues discussed for policy making on professional, national and international levels.​

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“The editors succeed in bringing together a range of topics and disciplinary perspectives concerning ageing and longevity, the compression of morbidity, biomedical developments in anti-ageing and justice in care for older people. … The discursive style of the book makes it easy to read and there is a wealth of ideas to explore. Overall, I found this book an enjoyable and stimulating read and consider it would be a useful addition to libraries.” (Liz Lloyd, Ageing & Society, Vol. 34, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Maartje Schermer

  • , Medical Ethics and Philsophy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Wim Pinxten

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings

  • Editors: Maartje Schermer, Wim Pinxten

  • Series Title: Ethics and Health Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3870-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3869-0Published: 29 November 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9905-9Published: 14 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-3870-6Published: 08 July 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2212-1536

  • Series E-ISSN: 2212-1544

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 298

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Ethics, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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