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Singapore's Ageing Population
Managing Healthcare and End-of-Life Decisions
Wing-Cheong Chan
- 224 pages
- English
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Singapore's Ageing Population
Managing Healthcare and End-of-Life Decisions
Wing-Cheong Chan
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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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview of health and ageing issues in the Asia-Pacific region
- 3 Chronic disease, functional status and quality of life among the elderly in Singapore
- 4 Managing later life and health A study of older Chinese men living alone in Singapore
- 5 Caregiver burden for terminally ill patients among the Chinese in Singapore
- 6 Victims of elder abuse in Singapore A study of cases at TRANS SAFE Centre
- 7 Where the elderly die The influence of socio-demographic factors and cause of death on people dying at home
- 8 The elderly patient and the healthcare decision-making framework in Singapore
- 9 Shifting landscapes Law and the end of life in Singapore
- 10 Decriminalising physician-assisted suicide in Singapore
- 11 Ethical issues in research involving the aged and terminally ill population
- Index