In this important and timely collection, some of the best minds in
gerontology and bioethics--including Nancy Dubler, Rick Moody, Andrew
Achenbaum, Robert Hudson, and Robert Binstock--explore the ethical,
social, and political challenges of an aging society. A unique
combination of disciplines and perspectives--from economics to nursing,
psychology to theology--this valuable synthesis of theory and practice
provides frameworks and analyses for considering the ethical issues of
both individual and societal aging.
The contributors address the major policy challenges of Social Security,
Medicare, and prescription drugs as well as ethical issues ranging from
individual autonomy to family responsibility to distributive justice.
Specific topics covered include end-of-life decision making, family
relations across generations, age-based intergenerational policies, and
the reform of Social Security.
Contributors:
W. Andrew Achenbaum, Ph.D., University of Houston; Vern L. Bengtson,
Ph.D., University of Southern California; Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D.,
Case Western Reserve University; Christine E. Bishop, Ph.D., Brandeis
University; Thomas R. Cole, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical School at
Houston; Peter A. Diamond, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LL.B., Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Msgr.
Charles J. Fahey, Fordham University; Lucy Feild, Ph.D., R.N., Partners
Human Research Quality Improvement Program; Martha B. Holstein, Ph.D.,
DePaul University; Robert B. Hudson, Ph.D., Boston University; Eric R.
Kingson, Ph.D., Syracuse University; Ronald J. Manheimer, Ph.D.,
University of North Carolina at Asheville; Kyriakos S. Markides, Ph.D.,
University of Texas Medical Branch; Daniel C. Marson, J.D., Ph.D.,
University of Alabama at Birmingham; H. Rick Moody, Ph.D., AARP; Peter
R. Orszag, Ph.D., Brookings Institution; Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D.,
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Norella M. Putney,
Ph.D., University of Southern California; Michael A. Smyer, Ph.D.,
Boston College; Bruce Stuart, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore;
Melanie A. Wakeman, Ph.D., California State University, Los Angeles;
Steven P. Wallace, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles; John
B. Williamson, Ph.D., Boston College.
