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Faith In The Future: Healthcare, Aging and the Role of Religion
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1989700973
EAN: 9781932031355
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1932031359
Label: Templeton Foundation Press
Manufacturer: Templeton Foundation Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: March 01, 2004
Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press
Studio: Templeton Foundation Press
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Dr. Harold Koenig has become the international voice on the subjects of spirituality, health and aging. In this book he is joined by two other experts on aging and human development. They present a compelling look at one of the most serious issues in todays society healthcare in America.How will we provide quality healthcare to older adults who will need it during the next 3050 years? Who will provide this care? How will it be funded? How can we establish systems of care now to be in place as demographic and healthrelated economic pressures mount? Alongside the sobering reality of the challenges our country faces, there are reasons for optimism. Innovative programs created and maintained by volunteers and religious congregations are emerging as pivotal factors in meeting healthcare needs. Summarizing decades of scientific research and providing numerous inspirational examples and role models, the authors present practical steps that individuals and institutions may emulate for putting faith into action.
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Rating:  - What's the World Coming To?
Because people are living longer (at least twenty years and more), and the Baby Boomers will be eligible for Medicare in 2011, changes will have to be made in the medical care, specifically Medicare. Already, this program which covers all Americans 65 and over is in dire straits, and it may have to become a "needs-based" program limited to the poorest elderly with related healthcare rationing reserved for the oldest and sickest.
It should have evolved into this state long ago as the ... Read More
Rating:  - An analytical survey of changing population dynamics
The collaborative work of Harold G. Koenig, Douglas M. Lawson, and Malcolm McConnell, Faith In The Future: Healthcare, Aging, And The Role Of Religion is a critically important, seminally groundbreaking, and methodical analytical survey of changing population dynamics, a growing healthcare crisis, and the emerging role of religious communities in easing the painful burden associated with chronic and critical health care needs. Describing solutions to difficult problems across the nation, and offering ... Read More
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