Making longevity in an aging society: Linking ethical sensibility and medicare spending

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-325

  Kaufman, Sharon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age rationing; Health care reform; Privatized ethics; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MEDICARE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951663818     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740903303852     Document Type: Editorial

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