Ethics, aging, and society the critical turn

"" Ethics, Aging and Society ...is the first major work in ten years to critically address issues and methodologies in aging and ethics...This well-organized volume begins theoretically and offers new ways of thinking about ethics that can handle the complexities and realities of aging in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Holstein, Martha (-)
Otros Autores: Parks, Jennifer A., Waymack, Mark H.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Springer Pub. Co c2011.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798299006719
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.