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Ethics, aging, and society : the critical turn /

"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 in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holstein, Martha
Otros Autores: Parks, Jennifer A., Waymack, Mark H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub., ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.