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The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social policy. By examining these perspectives, Higgs and Jones show how both standpoints have a restricted sense of contemporary ageing which has prevented an understanding of the way in which health in later life has changed.

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents: -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Establishing Medical Ethics -- 1: The United Nations Adheres to a Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights -- 2: Medical Professionals Around the World Face Complicated Ethical Codes -- 3: European Medical Professionals Are Guided by Ethical Principles -- 4: The Vatican Outlines Biomedical Ethics -- 5: In Australia, Medical Ethics Demand Acceptance of Cultural Diversity -- 6: In India, Some Medical Professionals Are Not Ethical -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Medical Ethics and the End of Life -- 1: In India, Palliative Care Follows Ethical Guidelines -- 2: In Ireland, Ethical Debate on Euthanasia Is Banned -- 3: Australians Debate the Medical Ethics of Euthanasia -- 4: In the United Kingdom, Euthanasia Should Be Legal -- 5: In the United Kingdom, Euthanasia Should Be Illegal -- 6: Canadian Ethicists Debate the Definition of Death -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Medical Ethics and Organ Transplantation -- 1: Worldwide, Doctors Consider Global Organ Trafficking Unethical -- 2: In Scotland, a System of Presumed Consent Would Solve the Organ Shortage -- 3: China Takes Steps Against Organ Trafficking -- 4: In Hong Kong, Volunteer Organ Donations Cause Ethical Dilemmas -- 5: The European Union Opposes the Sale of Human Organs -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Ethics and Medical Research -- 1: The World Medical Association Establishes Ethical Principles for Medical Research -- 2: India Is a Prime Destination for Unethical Clinical Trials -- 3: In the Southern Hemisphere, Some AIDS Researchers Use Unethical Practices -- 4: The Japanese Government Tightens Ethical Guidelines for Medical Research

AbstractAnthropological research on policy and health underscores how policy reflects cultural ideologies and results in marginalizing specific populations. Ethnographic inquiry can further reveal the broader, unexpected effects of policy change. In this article, I describe how state legislators in Georgia revised an existing entitlement program to specifically exclude undocumented immigrants with kidney failure from receiving life‐sustaining care. This health policy change converged with broader efforts to financialize the US health system and resulted in undocumented immigrant patients dying; being medically repatriated to their countries of birth; placed in private, for‐profit dialysis centers; or obtaining care through a burdensome process involving a public hospital's emergency room. Drawing from Mbembe's concept of necropolitics, I show how policy changes left undocumented kidney failure patients in a state between life and death, revealing the hidden outcomes of policies targeting immigrants. As anti‐immigrant policies continue to be proposed in the United States, findings from this article provide a cautionary tale about the sweeping consequences of legislation that targets immigrants.

The epidemiology and incidence of major incidents -- Are we ready for the next major incident? -- The structured approach to the hospital response -- Planning for major incidents -- Major incident equipment -- Training -- The scaleable hierarchy concept -- The clinical hierarchy -- The nursing hierarchy -- The management hierarchy -- Declaring a major incident and activating the plan -- The reception phase -- Triage -- The definitive care phase -- The recovery phase -- Incidents involving hazardous chemicals -- Incidents involving a large number of burns -- Incidents involving large numbers of children