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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454637803321

Autore

Powers Bethel Ann

Titolo

Nursing Home Ethics [[electronic resource] ] : Everyday Issues Affecting Residents with Dementia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Publishing Company, 2006

ISBN

1-281-86299-1

9786611862992

0-8261-1965-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

362.2/3

362.23

362.61

Soggetti

Dementia -- Patients -- Care

Dementia

Nursing home care -- Moral and ethical aspects

Nursing home care

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Living With Dementia; Chapter 2: The Nursing Home Experience; Chapter 3: Ethics in Action; Chapter 4: Case Examples; Appendix: Nursing Home Ethics Committee Q & A; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Designated a Doody's Core Title!. Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!. p>Bethel Ann Powers gives a comprehensive and thoughtful examination of the ethical issues that arise in long-term care. The first two chapters set the stage by exploring the pre-nursing home experiences of families living with dementia and, in contrast, how residents and family members experience life in the nursing home. The following chapters contain detailed hypothetical cases that include questions, possible actions, and insightful commentary to illustrate practical approaches to understanding common ethical issue