Singapore's Ageing Population
eBook - ePub

Singapore's Ageing Population

Managing Healthcare and End-of-Life Decisions

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Singapore's Ageing Population

Managing Healthcare and End-of-Life Decisions

About this book

A rapidly ageing population is the most significant demographic issue confronting Singapore in our lifetime. This has created new and increasing demands on Singapore's healthcare system and on the families of the older adults. The challenge is in providing a system of care that is humane, effective and sustainable financially. This requires coordination between state funded providers, the family and the community.

This book offers a multi-disciplinary perspective by researchers from various disciplines such as medicine, sociology, anthropology and law on managing healthcare and end-of-life decisions in Singapore. Providing information and suggestions for better policy formulation towards the aged, this book is an invaluable resource for policy makers, serivce practitioners and scholars working on Asian gerontology.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781136726255
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Health Care Delivery

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of illustrations
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Foreword
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. 1 Introduction
  12. 2 Overview of health and ageing issues in the Asia-Pacific region
  13. 3 Chronic disease, functional status and quality of life among the elderly in Singapore
  14. 4 Managing later life and health A study of older Chinese men living alone in Singapore
  15. 5 Caregiver burden for terminally ill patients among the Chinese in Singapore
  16. 6 Victims of elder abuse in Singapore A study of cases at TRANS SAFE Centre
  17. 7 Where the elderly die The influence of socio-demographic factors and cause of death on people dying at home
  18. 8 The elderly patient and the healthcare decision-making framework in Singapore
  19. 9 Shifting landscapes Law and the end of life in Singapore
  20. 10 Decriminalising physician-assisted suicide in Singapore
  21. 11 Ethical issues in research involving the aged and terminally ill population
  22. Index