@article{ref1,
title=""Generational equity" and the new victim blaming: an emerging public policy issue",
journal="International journal of health services",
year="1986",
author="Minkler, M.",
volume="16",
number="4",
pages="539-551",
abstract="Recent attempts to frame complex policy issues in terms of &quot;justice between generations&quot; and &quot;intergenerational equity&quot; are based on a series of questionable assumptions and economic calculations concerning the relative financial well-being of the elderly vis-à-vis other groups in U.S. society. On closer inspection, however, these assumptions--e.g., of a homogeneous and financially secure elderly population and of younger cohorts likely to become increasingly resentful of elderly entitlement programs--appear ill-founded. Census data revealing wide disparities in income among the elderly, and national opinion poll data suggestive of a large cross-generational and cross-ethnic group &quot;stake&quot; in Social Security and Medicare, are used to suggest that the intergenerational equity framework may well be an inappropriate one in the public policy arena. Such a framework, moreover, is seen as deflecting attention from more basic inequities in U.S. society and from the need for major policy shifts in response to these more fundamental problems.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7314",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}