Long-Term Care, Globalization, and Justice

by Lisa A. Eckenwiler

Long-term care can be vexing on a personal as well as social level, and it will only grow more so as individuals continue to live longer and the population of aged persons increases in the United States and around the world. This volume explores the ethical issues surrounding elder care from an ecological perspective to propose a new theory of global justice for long-term care.

Care work is organized not just nationally, as much current debate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421405504
• ISBN13: 9781421405506
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"