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Financing Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Am I Your Parents' Keeper?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2021

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1985

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Daniels has discussed this subject in other publications as well. See, e.g., Daniels, N., Am I My Parents’ Keeper? in President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Securing Access to Health Care: The Ethical Implications of Differences in the Availability of Health Services (U.S. Gov't Printing Ofc., Washington, D.C.) (vol. 2: Appendices, Sociocultural and Philosophical Studies) (1983) at 265. The title of this editorial is, obviously, a parody of Daniels’ title. See also Daniels, N., Just Health Care (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Eng.) (1985).Google Scholar
Presidents Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Securing Access to Health Care: The Ethical Implications of Differences in the Availability of Health Services (U.S. Gov't Printing Ofc., Washington, D.C.) (vol. 1: Report) (1983); Lynn, J., Ethical Issues—Equitable Distribution and Decision Making, in Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care for the Elderly, M.B., Kapp, A.E., Doudera, H. Pies, eds. (Health Administration Press, Ann Arbor, Mich.) (1985—in press) [hereinafter referred to as Health Care for the Elderly).Google Scholar
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Cf. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts, 53 U.S.L.W. 4616 (U.S. June 3, 1985) (empowering the state to require that minimum mental health benefits be provided to stale residents insured under general health insurance policies or employee health care plans that cover hospital and surgical expenses).Google Scholar
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