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Care for Elderly People in Sweden

Do Cutbacks Reflect Changing Principles or Simply Adjustment to Economic Pressure?

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Aging: Caring for Our Elders

Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine ((LIME,volume 11))

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The aging of the population presents a significant challenge for all industrialized nations. Past increases and expected future increases in the older sector of the population put pressure on both the pension systems and the systems for providing medical care and social services. The increasing number of people over the age of 80 will especially increase the demand on these systems.

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  1. Aging Research Centre, Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University, Sweden

    Mats Thorslund (Professor of Social Work and Gerontology) & Marti G. Parker (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Sweden

    Åke Bergmark (Associate Professor)

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  1. Faculté de Médicine, Université de Montréal, Canada

    David N. Weisstub (Philippe Pinel Professor of Legal Psychiatry and Biomedical Ethics) (Philippe Pinel Professor of Legal Psychiatry and Biomedical Ethics)

  2. Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University of Chicago Medical Center, USA

    David C. Thomasma (Professor and Fr. English Chair of Medical Ethics) (Professor and Fr. English Chair of Medical Ethics)

  3. Centre for Studies on Aging, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Canada

    Serge Gauthier (Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry) (Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry)

  4. Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia

    George F. Tomossy (Ross Waite Parsons Scholar) (Ross Waite Parsons Scholar)

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Thorslund, M., Bergmark, Å., Parker, M.G. (2001). Care for Elderly People in Sweden. In: Weisstub, D.N., Thomasma, D.C., Gauthier, S., Tomossy, G.F. (eds) Aging: Caring for Our Elders. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0675-9_4

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