Ethics, aging, and society
Subtitle: the critical turn
By: Martha B. Holstein, Jennifer A. Parks, Mark H. Waymack
Contributors: Parks, Jennifer A.; Waymack, Mark H.
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780826116345; 9780826116352
Subjects: Aging; Health and hygiene; Aged; Psychology; Bioethical Issues; Moral and ethical aspects; Geriatrics; Older people; Ethics; Personal Autonomy; Social Support
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ethics and aging : challenges to the received view; title: The "critical turn" : alternative approaches to thinking about ethics; title: Aging and the aged body; title: The "third age" : cultural ideals, ethics, and the myth of agelessness; title: Anti-aging medicine; title: Aging and public policy : a normative foundation; title: Care and justice : older people at home; title: The nursing home : beyond medicalization; title: Working with clients and patients; title: What do we do now? abuse, neglect, and self-neglect; title: Alzheimer's disease and an ethics of solidarity; title: Beyond rational control : caring at the end of life; title: Aging and disasters : facing natural and other disasters; title: Bringing it all together.