Natural death is the loss of life that occurs because of a natural cause like age or disease. This is in opposition to death by accident or death by violence. This type of death also comes about because of a malfunction of a body organ or the body itself. However, some schools of thought refute the belief that age is a cause of death. Doctors and scientists believe that, there is probably a more direct cause as to death, for instance aging associated diseases (Battin, 1987). This could be a result of reduced immunity. Natural lifespan is the average length of time that a human being stays alive.
We can consider natural Life span to be identical to maximum lifespan. This is a change in terms since lifespan is just the duration of time that a person spends alive. Maximum life span is the longest an individual can stay alive. The argument is that life span being just the time one spends alive is the same as maximum life span. Life span compares in this aspect when a larger area is considered.
Age based rationing is a form of rationing for healthcare services that are funded by the public whereby limits are placed on the amount and type of amenities that would be accessible for free to people of a certain age. It aims to limit the kind of healthcare that an individual gets when they reach a certain age (Battin, 1987). This is a kind of discrimination. This means that at some point they cease being important to the society and it is as if they do not justify the same services as the rest of society. It is also an infringement of rights to extent since everybody; regardless of their age has a right to adequate healthcare. It is unfair and an act that is cold and rather heartless to a fellow human being. To an extreme extent, this is s...
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...om the others. Age is one of the things that differentiate people and no matter how much they would want to be altered, there will continuously be that time when that factor will arise. In the health, sectors especially, age and individual’s health is on consideration at some point. This is undeniable for all scenarios, however, when it comes to discriminating people; it is unfair constitutionally and morally as well. Rationing health care because an individual has attained a certain age is like ending their life softly. This is because if one is not treated, they will deteriorate and eventually they will die. On the other hand, the elderly are an significant part of the society because they have played a big role in their past which we should appreciate by at least rectifying this is and giving them better and ration free treatment in the health facilities.
A new criterion for the ideal person must be made to not include things such as sex, but to judge a person based on his or her capabilities in doing what he or she does. The question remains on the support for equal treatment based on age, which is a very controversial debate, as factors such as higher wage from experience, or even having the contemporary knowledge for a certain job. One thing is for sure though, on a common view that as people reach old age, they become physically weaker, which may cause employers to not want to hire seniors that needs money to get by, which goes to show how there are many seniors out on the streets searching through public garbage cans for recycles in exchange for a meager income - with an out of portion amount of seniors of colour in such a circumstances goes to show an obvious language barrier still prominent throughout society. What amounts to a “fair” and “equal” treatment of the
Norman J. Vetter (1992). Gerald Bennett and Shah Ebrahim, The Essentials of Health Care of the Elderly, Edward Arnold, London, 1992, 207 pp., £9.99, ISBN 0 340 54599 3.. Ageing and Society, 12, pp 406-407 doi:10.1017/S0144686X00005195
There are profound effects of ageism that can be harmful to a patient’s overall health. Ageism can cause physicians to consistently treat older patients unequally compared to younger adults. Unequal treatment can be divided into the under-treatment of symptoms and the over-treatment of symptoms. The imbalance in how a physician would treat a geriatric patient is ageist because the older adult is not getting fair treatment in every case. Under-treatment and over-treatment are different; however, they are both equally as harmful to a patients health.
I found that there are varying ages of death in each date category, but for the most part, the ages increased considerably from century to century. This, to me, would be a sign of the technology progression that we have experienced and the modern medical discoveries to aid in the healing processes of some previously fatal diseases.
The Ministry of Social Development, 2008. Office for Senior Citizens the Ministry of Social Development Highlights from the Positive Ageing Strategy Annual Report 2001/2008 and Action Plan 2008/2010
The problem comes from the treatment older adults receive from the society especially due to the tradition of reduced access to opportunities and segregation. After reading the article, it is evident that the society is leading in influencing the issues and problems most aging people are facing in the modern age. For instance, the elderly have a poor quality of life because of the violence and poverty in the inner cities. Older women are carrying the burden of the society such as taking care of their grandchildren left by the death of a young person. The resources to take care of such families are limited since they only have access to the public assistance. The voices section also assisted in understanding the topic because it also explains the reasons aging has become prevalent in the society. According to Curry, a few people understand the problems the aged people are facing. In most cities in the US, older adults especially the people of color are denied some jobs, which places most of them in poor conditions since they do not have the resources to meet their physical and medical needs. It is important to understand that older adults have a lot to offer in the place of work or the society since they have the experience and the knowledge they have amassed over the
By definition, ageism is a form of discrimination that can occur at any age. However, it is the senior population that has been distressed the most. Only a few of the man...
Thomas Nagel’s discussion about death is very intriguing and contemplative. In trying to prod for answers, Nagel began his essay, by writing about common views of death held by different people. His main purpose of writing this paper is to incisively and contemplatively discuss if death is a bad or evil thing. Nagel discusses the some people’s thought about death being evil. They say this because it denies us of living “more life”. He noted that most people are of the view that life is good, despite the fact that some life experiences are unpleasant and tragic. He then adds that when these unpleasant experiences of life are set aside, life is positive, and not just simply "neutral" (10).
Ageism is defined as having an attitude that discriminates, separates, stigmatizes, or otherwise disadvantages older adults on the basis of chronologic age (Ageism, 2009). This is an act of singling out a certain population and choosing to providing unequal opportunities and treatment just because of a person’s age. In our situation, “Seniors admitted to acute hospitals are more likely to have multiple chronic diseases, as well as impaired cognition and higher levels of dependency (including mobility) than younger adults. Acute hospitals frequently present a “hostile environment” that leads to functional decline in the frail elderly and a “cascade of dependency” that results in approximately one-third of older patients losing independent functioning in one or more activities of daily living. This decline is not related to acute illnesses but to the adverse effects of modern therapy and current hospital practices, which are designed for younger people.” (Huang, Larente, Morais,
Population ageing is currently one of the most significant demographic trends and becoming a worldwide problem(cite) specially among the elderly who are often the most recognized and forgotten group in this analysis. They are recognized as the ’elder’ the wisest, and perhaps the most knowledgeable about life and its experiences. This population however, is forgotten in terms of the respect and value it once contributed to society. And in today’s world this group is often marginalized because of age. The older they get, the more useless they become in the eyes of society and thus this attitude viewed towards the elderly leads to neglect and abuse. They are therefore excluded from the active participation, and decision making in society. This isolated group is thus discriminated against on the basis of age and gender which can be referred to factors such as ageism and sexism. Nevertheless, these factors not only attribute to elder abuse but are viewed differently within subcultures. Therefore, it is important to examine why elder abuse occurs and what are its consequences in the context of human rights agenda.
Shaw, A. B. “In Defence of Ageism.” Journal of medical ethics 20.3 (1994): 188–194. Print.
The ageing population might be one of the most important issues of the UK and it is likely that the life expectancy of people will still increase in the next 30 years. The current situation is that there are two types of care for the elderly, one is health care and another is social care. Health care refers to the medical care for the elderly, while social care contains care homes and home care services. It means that the government should provide a long-term financial support to maintain both two types of care for the elderly. Nowadays, the NHS offers health care services for the elderly for free, meanwhile Netten and Curtis (2003) explain that there are three situations for the elderly to obtain social care. One is that the elderly who have
... the elderly of Irish society it is also evident that there are issues over medical cards, problems with waiting lists, private consultations fees and shortages of beds as well as a general deterioration of quality of services on offer at care home facilities. Problems in the healthcare system provide incentives that favour the treatment of private patients over public patients. Such differences have effectively consolidated the two-tiered system. Recommendations to eliminate health care inequalities would be to introduce the government's proposal of the universal social health insurance scheme. For this to be achieved citizen engagement is important to abolish the current range of inequalities embedded in the Irish Healthcare system. The principle of equity could then potentially be enhanced and thus create a more equal society not based on money but based on need.
There are several methods of achieving immortality, each with its own problems. The first of this methods is to reverse or stop aging, as this is logically one of the main causes of death. In scientific terms this is called biological immortality. A cell or organism that does not age, or stops to age at some point, is biological immortal. Though this seems impossible there are in fact some species which naturally have this ability. An example of this is the Turritopsis nutricula, a jellyfish. Once the jellyfish has become mature it is capable of reversing its aging cycle and to turn itself into a younger version of itself, making it technically immortal.