Dying and social policy in the new millennium

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This article explores the impact of technology on life and death issues, particularly on the elderly. The author maintains that technology has shifted the attitudes toward living, dying, and quality of life, and has complicated end-of-life decision making due to the ability of advanced technology to prolong life, often when life is no longer meaningful.

Social aspects, Death, Quality of life, Medical technology

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Increasing life expectancy, retirement age, and pension reform in the German context

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As life expectancy increases, as does the population of elderly, new social policies need to be devised. The author examines Germany's pension reforms, such as increasing the age of retirement, which are dependent on the labor market and are being implemented to deal with an aging work force.

Germany, Pensions, Retirement

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The future of physician-assisted suicide

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This article discusses government policy making regarding physician-assisted suicide. The author examines the increased attention given the topic by the government over the past ten years, and argues it has been largely due to the well publicized activities of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

Laws, regulations and rules, Political activity, Assisted suicide, Right to die, Kevorkian, Jack

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