1.  Title: Population aging and international development: addressing competing claims of distributive justice. Author: Engelman M; Johnson S Source: Developing World Bioethics. 2007;7(1):8-18. Abstract: To date, bioethics and health policy scholarship has given little consideration to questions of aging and intergenerational justice in the developing world. Demographic changes are precipitating rapid population aging in developing nations, however, and ethical issues regarding older people's claim to scarce healthcare resources must be addressed. This paper posits that the traditional arguments about generational justice and age-based rationing of healthcare resources, which were developed primarily in more industrialized nations, fail to adequately address the unique challenges facing older persons in developing nations. Existing philosophical approaches to age-based resource allocation underemphasize the importance of older persons for developing countries and fail to adequately consider the rights and interests of older persons in these settings. Ultimately, the paper concludes that the most appropriate framework for thinking about generational justice in developing nations is a rights-based approach that allows for the interests of all age groups, including the oldest, to be considered in the determination of health resource allocation. (author's) Language: English Keywords: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | PHILOSOPHICAL OVERVIEW | GENERATIONS | OLDER ADULTS | DEMOGRAPHIC AGING | HUMAN RIGHTS | DEVELOPMENT POLICY | AGE FACTORS | ETHICS | HEALTH SERVICES | RESOURCE ALLOCATION | Family Characteristics | Family and Household | Sociocultural Factors | Adults | Population Characteristics | Demographic Factors | Population | Population Dynamics | Political Factors | Policy | Delivery of Health Care | Health | Financial Activities | Economic Factors Document Number: 313042 |
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