Preface
Introduction: Health Care Reform for an Aging Population
Chris Hackler
Part I. Aging, Justice, and Scarcity
1. Generational Equity in America: A Cultural Historian's Perspective
Thomas R. Cole
2. Between the Generations: Justice and Peace as Alternatives to Age-Based Rationing
Stephen G. Post
3. Justice within the Family
John R. Hardwig
4. Technological Deteriminism despite the Reality of Scarcity: A Neglected Element in the Theory of Spending for Medical and Health Care
James M. Buchanan
Part II. Rationing according to Age
5. Understanding Callahan
Janet A. Coy and Jonathan Schonsheck
6. Justice, Age Rationing, and the Problem of Identifiable Lives
Leonard M. Fleck
7. Age Cut-Offs for Health Care Entitlements: The Missing Moral Level
Howard Brody
8. Callahan's Medical Rationing Principle: Age or Quality of Life?
Sharon E. Sytsma
9. Designing Ethical Alternatives to Age-Based Rationing
Nancy S. Jecker and Robert A. Pearlman
Part III. Planning for the Future
10. A Values Framework for Health System Reform
Reinhard Priester
11. Limits and Equal Access to Basic Health Care: Suggestions for Comprehensive Reform
Robert J. Barnet
12. Just Caring: Lessons from Oregon and Canada
Leonard M. Fleck
13. Future of Long-Term Care
Robert L. Kane
14. Taking the Next Steps: Devising a Good Lifespan for the Elderly
Daniel Callahan
Contributors
Index