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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
C Ben Mitchell; Robert D Orr; Susan A Salladay |
| ISBN: | 0802827845 9780802827845 |
| OCLC Number: | 55534769 |
| Description: | xii, 198 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The experience of aging. A personal perspective / Vernon Grounds -- A theologians's perspective / R. Geoffrey Brown -- A geriatrician's perspective / John Dunlop -- Ethical issues in aging. Does gray hair cause gray answers : ethical issues in an aging population / Robert D. Orr -- Age-based rationing of life-sustaining health care / John F. Kilner -- Neuropsychological aspects of aging and their implications for decision-making among the elderly / Robert W. Evans -- Dementia : inclusive moral standing / Stephen G. Post -- Caring for the aging. Local church ministry to and through older adults / Gregory Waybright -- The virtues of talk therapy / Stephen P. Greggo -- Palliative care : suffering and healing at the end of life / Jackie Cameron -- The quest for immortality / C. Ben Mitchell -- Reflections on disability, life, and God / Linda L. Treloar -- In search of the philosopher's clone : immortality through replication / William P. Cheshire Jr. |
| Series Title: | Horizons in bioethics series. |
| Responsibility: | edited by C. Ben Mitchell, Robert D. Orr & Susan A. Salladay. |
Abstract:
"Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality is a volume by physicians, health-care professionals, pastors, and ethicists who explore the experiences, dilemmas, and possibilities associated with aging."--BOOK JACKET.
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