Title Dying in old age : U.S. practice and policy / Sara M. Moorman

Published New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (x, 196 pages) Series Society and aging Society and aging series. Contents Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Series Editor Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Predictable Death -- About the Book -- Frameworks for Conceptualizing Predictable Death -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2: The Demography of Death -- The United States in 1900 -- The United States in the 21st Century -- Causes of the Epidemiologic Transition -- Educational Disparities in Mortality -- Geographic Disparities in Mortality -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- Part I: Private Troubles Chapter 3: Life's Final Weeks -- Typical Death -- Why Is Care for the Typical Death So Intensive? -- Good Death -- Palliative Care, Hospice, and the Good Death -- Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Good Death -- Summary -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4:Care for the Dying -- Care Work -- Paid Care Work at the End of Life -- Disparities in Paid Care Work by Nativity -- Unpaid Care Work at the End of Life -- Disparities in Unpaid Care Work by Gender -- Summary -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5: Social Isolation -- Social Isolation at the End of Life -- Social Disparities in Social Isolation Data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study -- Limitations -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Data Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Public Issues -- Chapter 6: Medicare and Medicaid -- The Role of Medicare and Medicaid in Addressing Social Disparities -- Hospice Benefits -- Medicare and Medicaid Before Hospice -- The Role of Death and Dying in Overall Healthcare Costs -- Mechanisms for Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Advance Care Planning -- Patient Autonomy in End-of-Life Planning -- Legal Documents -- Discussions Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment -- Social Disparities in Advance Care Planning -- Control, Decision-Making, and Systemic Change -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Euthanasia -- Passive Euthanasia -- Active Euthanasia -- Indirect Euthanasia -- Social Disparities in Euthanasia -- Data from the Survey of Aging and Longevity -- Limitations -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Data Appendix -- Note -- References -- Chapter 9: Conclusions -- Conclusion 1: Death is Predictable, so Health Care Professionals and Members of the General Public Alike Should Anticipate It Conclusion 2: In the Absence of Thoughtfully-Designed Practices and Policies, Predictable Death Generates Social Disparities -- Conclusion 3: Bad Death is a Public Issue, not a Private Trouble -- Last Words -- References -- Index Summary Three-quarters of deaths in the U.S. today occur to people over the age of 65, following chronic illness. This new experience of "predictable death" has important consequences for the ways in which societies structure their health care systems, laws, and labor markets. Dying in Old Age: U.S. Practice and Policy applies a sociological lens to the end of life, exploring how macrosocial systems and social inequalities interact to affect individual experiences of death in the United States. Using data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study and Pew Research Center Survey of Aging and Longevity, this book argues that predictable death influences the entire life course and works to generate greater social disparities. The volume is divided into sections exploring demography, the circumstances of dying people, and public policy affecting dying people and their families. In exploring these interconnected factors, the author also proposes means of making "bad death" an avoidable event. As one of the first books to explore the social consequences of end of life practice, Dying in Old Age will be of great interest to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in sociology, social work, and public health, as well as scholars and policymakers in these areas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Sara M. Moorman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston College, and a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. In addition to death and dying, Moorman studies life course predictors of cognitive function in older adulthood, as well as psychosocial experiences in older adults' personal relationships Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 08, 2021) Subject Older people -- Mortality -- United States Older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States Older people -- Medical care -- United States. Terminally ill -- United States -- Social conditions Mortality -- Social aspects -- United States Older people. Death. Aged Aged, 80 and over Death Terminal Care elderly. deaths. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. Older people Death Mortality -- Social aspects Older people -- Health and hygiene Older people -- Medical care SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781351020176 135102017X 9781351020183 1351020188 9781351020152 1351020153 1351020161 9781351020169

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