Gerontology Academic Program

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Gerontology Academic Program

• Striving for Excellence in Aging Studies and
  Services

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• We are all aging from the minute we are born.
• -Lisa Almada

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• In 2030, there will be more than 70 million
  adults 65 years and older

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• Who will be taking care of your Parents?
• Grandparents?

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• Health is a state of complete physical, mental
  and social well-being.
• World Health Organization, 1948

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Health Care Ethics Program

• Examining ethical practice and moral issues in
  society and health care

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Ethics is about being a good practitioner
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Terri Schiavo and the Right to Die
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• What are the rights of families to decide on
  life-saving medical treatments?

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• What has the history of ethics taught us?
• Should we do research on Humans?

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• Is it right to experiment on animals?

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• Do we have the right to custom engineer humans?
• Animals?

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• BIO(Sphere) Ethics
• What is our responsibility toward the environment?

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• For More information Please contact
• The Gerontology Academic Program
• gero_at_unr.edu
• Lisa Almada, [phone]
• Health Care Ethics Program
• ethics_at_unr.edu
• [phone]