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

By M. Schermer

Schermer and Pinxten - Introduction.- I. Science of on ageing and longevity.- Wim Pinxten; Scientists expectations of (anti-) aging research.- Joao De Magalhaes - Pertintent ethical issues in the genomics of ageing.- II. Images of age and ageing.- Soren Holm; Ecce Homo: the implicit anthropology of bioethics and the aging person.- Wim Dekkers; An anthropology of the aging person.- John Vincent; The anti-aging movement: contemporary cultures and the social construction of old age.- Bert Keizer; Why we don't like old people.- Frans Meulenberg - Older people's own views on age and aging.- III Ethics in care for elderly.- Cees Hertogh; Ethics and frail eldery.- Frits de Lange; Imagining good aging.- Govert den Hartogh - Death wishes of the elderly.- Dorothea Touwen; Former wishes and current desires - demented patients and their family.- members' effort to decide what they would have wanted.- Anders Schinkel; Justice and the elderly.- IV Ethics and prolongevity.- John Harris; Enhancement: longevity/immortality?.- Hans van Delden; On the value of being mortal.- Inez de Beaufort; Will you still love me when I'm..? On beauty and aging.- Maartje Schermer; Old age is an incurable disease - or is it?.- Marianne Boenink; On shifting disease concepts and molecular medicine.- Hans Joerg Ehni; Life extension for all.- Struijs, Ten Have, Willems; Healthy aging and personal responsibility.- V Ethics in an aging society: policy implications.- Goran Hermeren; Policy implications of views expressed in this volume. ​

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400738692
• ISBN13: 9789400738690
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"