Long-term Care, Globalization, and Justice
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- Hardcover
168 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2012
Summary
Long-term care can be vexing on a personal as well as social level, and it will only grow more so as individuals continue to live longer and the population of aged persons increases in the United States and around the world. This volume explores the ethical issues surrounding elder care from an ecological perspective to propose a new theory of global justice for long-term care. Care work is organized not just nationally, as much current debate suggests, but also transnationally, through econo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421405506 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421405504 |
| Author: | Lisa A. Eckenwiler |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 17mm |
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[Long-term Care, Globalization, and Justice] provides a valuable function in highlighting an important issue and provoking readers to appreciate its complexity and the moral issues raised.
Eckenwiler argues for ethical and ecological thinking about transnational long-term care in this brief collection of her essays. Choice A formidable amount of information is included, and the call for policies that can facilitate provision of quality long-term care that is just and equitable for less affluent as well as more affluent countries is a welcome addition to the literature on this topic. – Patrick Fox JAMA [Long-term Care, Globalization, and Justice] provides a valuable function in highlighting an important issue and provoking readers to appreciate its complexity and the moral issues raised. – Pamela Nadash World Medical & Health Policy
About The Author
Lisa A. Eckenwiler
Lisa A. Eckenwiler is an associate professor of philosophy and health administration and policy and director of health care ethics at George Mason University. She is coeditor of The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape, also published by Johns Hopkins.
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