International Perspectives on Aging

1992. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-7923-1691-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 671 g

Although the legal problems of the elderly are as old as humankind, they have taken on current prominence for another reason: lifespan has increased markedly in recent years. As life has become longer - and death more controllable - the issue of a person's right to choose death over diminished quality of life has also become far more complicated.

This interesting book provides the reader with a selection of perspectives from scholars in different parts of the world on various branches of `elderlaw'. Questions of social obligations to elders and elders' rights and duties are addressed as they arise in the United States, Japan, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Canada, and England.

The compilation does not attempt to map out the field nor to make country-by-country comparisons of the issues discussed. Rather, it shows some commonality of concerns and in the identification of problems and proposals for their solution.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alexander, George

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte