| Description |
xxii, 298 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ethics and aging : challenges to the received view -- The "critical turn" : alternative approaches to thinking about ethics -- Aging and the aged body -- The "third age" : cultural ideals, ethics, and the myth of agelessness -- Anti-aging medicine -- Aging and public policy : a normative foundation -- Care and justice : older people at home -- The nursing home : beyond medicalization -- Working with clients and patients -- What do we do now? abuse, neglect, and self-neglect -- Alzheimer's disease and an ethics of solidarity -- Beyond rational control : caring at the end of life -- Aging and disasters : facing natural and other disasters -- Bringing it all together. |
| Summary |
"This book discusses second-generation issues in ethics, aging, and society by presenting critical outcomes that arise when ethics is applied to the practical concerns that occur in day-to-day elder care." "Key Features:" "Presents the first major work in over 10 years to integrate the disciplines of ethics and aging" "Includes case studies derived from day-to-day practice" "Addresses individual/clinical ethics in health and long-term care and ethical issues raised by public policy, cultural norms, and social attitudes" "Examines such critical issues as Alzheimer's disease, long-term care, ageism, public policy, anti-aging medicine, elder abuse, and natural disasters" "Explores new directions in ethical and social philosophy as they pertain to gerontology and care"--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Older people -- Psychology.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene.
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Aging.
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Aged -- psychology.
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Bioethical Issues.
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Geriatrics -- ethics.
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Personal Autonomy.
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Social Support.
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| Added Author |
Parks, Jennifer A.
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Waymack, Mark H.
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| ISBN |
9780826116345 alkaline paper |
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0826116345 alkaline paper |
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