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Setting limits

Setting limits

by Daniel Callahan

1987AgedOlder peopleMedical careGovernment policySocial conditions
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About this book

Argues "from an ethical perspective" that medical resources should be allocated to the aged to improve their quality of life and to lengthen their productive life span but not only to increase their longevity.

Themes & subjects

AgedOlder peopleMedical careGovernment policySocial conditionsEconomic conditions
First published 1987

Setting

United States

About the author

Daniel Callahan

1930

Author

Daniel Callahan

First published

1987

Pages

256

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Touchstone Books

ISBN

9780671668310

Where to buy

TR
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