Too Old for Health Care? Controversies in Medicine, Law, Economics, and Ethics.

Rationing health car for older people is an issue that is gaining widespread attention and creating unnecessary fears among older people and their families. But can limiting lifesaving care solely on the basis of the patient's age really be justified on ethical, political, or financial grounds? In this book a group of professionals from diverse backgrounds argues that it cannot and explores alternative approaches to the problems of health care cost containment. The authors discuss topics ranging from the...