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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan Herring |
ISBN: | 9780199229024 0199229023 9780199565177 0199565171 |
OCLC Number: | 262889431 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | xxvii, 368 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Ageism and age discrimination -- Capacity, incapacity, and old age -- Carers -- Elder abuse -- Older people and financial issues -- Grandparenthood -- Older people and healthcare -- Inheritance -- Conclusion. |
Responsibility: | Jonathan Herring. |
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Abstract:
It is widely claimed that we are facing a demographic time bomb, with an increasing older population and a decreasing working population. This book analyses the conflicting ways in which both the population and the law view this problem and presents possible solutions, highlighting the need to protect whilst empowering the older population.
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This volume contributes effectively to the ever-increasing debate on governance in the EU * Antonia Layard, Cardiff Law School, Journal of Environmental Law, 22.1 * This volume contributes effectively to the ever-increasing debate on governance in the EU * Antonia Layard, Cardiff Law School * Read more...
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