{"product_id":"challenges-of-an-aging-society-rachel-a-pruchno-9780801886485","title":"Challenges of an Aging Society: Ethical Dilemmas, Political Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eW. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel A. Pruchno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801886481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801886485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.60w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 76","brand":"Rachel A. Pruchno","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448953680127,"sku":"9780801886485","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b214eb62-8681-4783-9424-e20733850e59.jpg?v=1777261326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/challenges-of-an-aging-society-rachel-a-pruchno-9780801886485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}