Aging: Caring for Our Elders  [electronic resource] / 
edited by David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma, S. Gauthier, G.F. Tomossy. 
 - 1st ed. 2001. 
 - XVI, 244 p.  online resource. 
 - International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine,  11  1567-8008 ; .
 - International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine,  11 .
<br/><br/>The Family -- Across the generations: Family care dynamics into the new millennium -- Family caregiving: A problem of justice -- Family care for frail elders and norms of caregiver well-being at the turn of the twenty-first century -- Social Responsibility -- Care for elderly people in Sweden: Do cutbacks reflect changing principles or simply adjustment to economic pressure? -- Financing long-term care in the United States: Who should pay for Mom and Dad? -- The role of the government and the family in taking care of the frail elderly: A comparison of the United States and Japan -- Care -- Appropriate housing for the elderly of the United States: An integral component of their health care -- Nursing work, housekeeping issues, and the moral geography of home care -- The dilemma of prolonged engagement: Building opportunities for reciprocity among ethnic female clients and workers in elder care services -- Community mental health services for older adults in the United States -- Dementia care ethics -- Decision-making in social and medical services for patients with dementia in Japan -- Neglect -- The abuse and neglect of the elderly -- Aging, homelessness, and the law. 
<br/><br/> Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address some of the major issues in elder care facing modern nations: familial duties of care, the future of social welfare systems, housing, dementia, abuse and neglect. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789401706759 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-94-017-0675-9  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Aging.<br/>Medical laws and legislation.<br/>Microeconomics.<br/>Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.<br/>Aging.<br/>Medical Law.<br/>Microeconomics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH332 R724-726.2 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.1 174.2