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La condizione della persona anziana come problema bioetico

2021 - Franco Angeli

61-72 p.

  • The 'double ageing' process (combination of decreased fertility and increased life expectancy) is challenging postindustrial societies and welfare systems. However, from a bioethical point of view, ageing is much more than a mere biological or allocative problem. Frailty in elderly people involves loneliness, social isolation, loss of autonomy, no less than physical and psychological decline. Moreover, there is a direct link between elderly frailty and human vulnerability: the more a society is willing to accept pain, dependency, illness, and death, the better it will approach the problems of ageing. This reflection, in particular, concerns two bioethical issues arising from Covid19: elderly institutionalization and agebased health care rationing. [Publisher's text].

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Società degli individui : 72, 3, 2021