Add to ORKGon request. The end of human aging is death. Many people fear death, and most fear dying. Because most death in America occurs in old age, gerontology intersects with fields concerned primarily with death and dying. This essay discusses three books, each of which provides a particular lens on death in old age, in this case from medicine and public policy, bioethics, and literature
An explosion in the varieties of life-extending medical interventions for older persons is The U.S. ...
Research findings and other information on three topics, death orientations, the dying process, and ...
The present study aimed to identify existing studies of bioethics and palliative care among the elde...
The idea of writing a chapter on aging seems particularly appropriate. I'm at the right age to addre...
The idea of writing a chapter on aging seems particularly appropriate. I'm at the right age to addre...
Times, Jan. 2, 2001. She wants to redesign old age so that aging can be healthy and the elderly can ...
Abstract: This position paper argues for addressing ‘good death ’ as part of ‘well ageing ’ in human...
This position paper argues for addressing ‘good death’ as part of ‘well ageing’ in human life. Altho...
The burden of deaths due to noncommunicable disease, particularly in the elderly, is projected to ri...
The objective of medicine is to provide humans with the best possible health outcomes from the begin...
EssayFor elderly patients, especially those in long term facilities, the risk of death is obviously ...
How can we provide the best care for growing numbers of very frail, very sick, or very old people? T...
Increasingly, legislators at the state and federal levels of government are forced to evaluate and a...
The ethics of health care has been dominated by a “crisis” approach—when new issues, such as the ref...
My father passed away at 102 years old. He lived, aged, and died well. But that is rare in the Unite...
An explosion in the varieties of life-extending medical interventions for older persons is The U.S. ...
Research findings and other information on three topics, death orientations, the dying process, and ...
The present study aimed to identify existing studies of bioethics and palliative care among the elde...
The idea of writing a chapter on aging seems particularly appropriate. I'm at the right age to addre...
The idea of writing a chapter on aging seems particularly appropriate. I'm at the right age to addre...
Times, Jan. 2, 2001. She wants to redesign old age so that aging can be healthy and the elderly can ...
Abstract: This position paper argues for addressing ‘good death ’ as part of ‘well ageing ’ in human...
This position paper argues for addressing ‘good death’ as part of ‘well ageing’ in human life. Altho...
The burden of deaths due to noncommunicable disease, particularly in the elderly, is projected to ri...
The objective of medicine is to provide humans with the best possible health outcomes from the begin...
EssayFor elderly patients, especially those in long term facilities, the risk of death is obviously ...
How can we provide the best care for growing numbers of very frail, very sick, or very old people? T...
Increasingly, legislators at the state and federal levels of government are forced to evaluate and a...
The ethics of health care has been dominated by a “crisis” approach—when new issues, such as the ref...
My father passed away at 102 years old. He lived, aged, and died well. But that is rare in the Unite...
An explosion in the varieties of life-extending medical interventions for older persons is The U.S. ...
Research findings and other information on three topics, death orientations, the dying process, and ...
The present study aimed to identify existing studies of bioethics and palliative care among the elde...