Aging, chronic conditions, and end of life (provide article): As the massive Baby Boom generation ages, health care professionals, patients and families face unprecedented challenges. There will be hard choices to make requiring careful ethical analysis, balancing of stakeholder interests, and health care professional accountability. Read the article and discuss end-of life care. What does our society owe to those living with chronic conditions? How can we build systems of care that are more responsive? How can we help people “age in place,” remain members of their community within familiar settings for as long as possible?
Wolf, S. M., Berlinger, N. & Jennings, B. (2015). Forty years of work on end-of-life care—from patients’ rights to systematic reform. New England Journal of Medicine, 372(7), 678-682. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMms1410321
Background: Many ethical issues in medical care result from astounding leaps in life expectancy achieved during the 20th century. Effective public health measures, treatment of once-fatal infectious diseases, and a wide range of life-sustaining technologies allow people in developed nations—and increasingly, in developing nations—to live much longer. Often, part of a longer life is developing age-related chronic illnesses that people may live with for years (Hastings Center).
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