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Article: Ethical challenges of chronic illness.
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- The Hastings Center Report
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- February 1, 1988
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Ethical Challenges of Chronic Illness
A Hastings Center Report
Special Supplement February/March 1988
This Special Supplement was derived from The Hastings Center project on Ethics and Chronic Illness, which was supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. The Special Supplement was edited by Courtney S. Campbell. Contents copyright 1988 by The Hastings Center. All rights reserved.
There is a specter haunting the American health care system. It is the prospect of widespread chronic illness and disability in an aging society. With it comes a daunting challenge to our health care delivery system, social welfare services, ...