The Ethical Challenge of Providing Healthcare for the Elderly
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
- Vol. 4 (2) , 148-162
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s096318010000582x
Abstract
Populations around the world are aging at a very fast rate, so much so that care for the elderly will soon rupture even the most carefully planned, enlightened care provisions societies can offer. The demographics in advanced countries demonstrate this dilemma, even without projections based on antiaging medications that may be possible in the near future, and a healthier lifestyle that has preoccupied the yuppies for about 10 years.Keywords
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