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Edited by Laurence B. McCullough and Nancy L. Wilson. 246 pp. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. $40. ISBN 0-8018-4993-4.

Long-term care is a part of medical practice that affects enormous numbers of people and consumes a rising percentage of the health care budget, but to which comparatively little academic effort is devoted. Defined as the medical care, social services, and personal care provided to people with diminished functional capacity over an extended period, long-term care is the lifeline for all 1.5 million elderly persons currently in nursing homes and approximately 1.5 million more who live in the community. The essays in this collection are an important contribution to research in the field because they address the unique ethical issues . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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