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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459436603321

Autore

Bartlett Ruth <1965->

Titolo

Broadening the dementia debate : Towards social citizenship / / Ruth Bartlett and Deborah O'Connor ; with a foreword by Jim Mann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Bristol Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4473-0156-0

1-282-70623-3

9786612706233

1-84742-858-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Collana

Ageing and the lifecourse

Altri autori (Persone)

O'ConnorDeborah

Disciplina

362.19683

Soggetti

Social change

Dementia - Social aspects

Dementia - Patients - Care

Dementia - Patients - Social conditions

Personhood

Dementia - Psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-143) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Social citizenship in theory -- pt. 2. Social citizenship in action -- pt. 3. Combining theory and practice.

Sommario/riassunto

Dementia has been widely explored from the perspectives of biomedicine and social psychology. This text broadens the debate to consider the experiences of men and women with dementia from a socio-political perspective. It examines the issue of rights, status, and participation.