Ethics and the Elderly: The Challenge of Long-Term Care

By Sarha M Moses

A study of long-term care through the lens of the Catholic ethical tradition, offering a history of the ethics of caregiving, a snapshot of the contemporary situation in the U.S., biblical perspectives on aging and eldercare, and models for future care. A survey of gerontological ethics and long-term care, offering a history of the ethics of caregiving, an analysis of the present situation vis a vis contemporary society and Christian perspectives, and some models for future care that incorporate an ethical "responsibility to care." Academic but accessible, this text will be a valuable textbook but also appeal to non-academic audiences dealing with the growing field of eldercare, and will also provide a useful tool for reflection for Catholic ethicists and medical providers. This timely reflection will appear at a historical moment where an aging population, advances in medical care, and the rising costs of such care across the board have made ethics of health care a pressing national question.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626981310
• ISBN13: 9781626981317
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"