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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821179603321

Autore

Holstein Martha

Titolo

Ethics, aging, and society [[electronic resource] ] : the critical turn / / Martha B. Holstein, Jennifer A. Parks, Mark H. Waymack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Springer Pub. Co., c2011

ISBN

1-283-14034-9

9786613140340

0-8261-1635-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ParksJennifer A

WaymackMark H

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Aging - Moral and ethical aspects

Older people - Psychology

Older people - Health and hygiene

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"" 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 particular social contexts."". --Choice. ""[T]he authors' application of feminist ethics to frail elders rings true to both my clinical experience working with frail elders, and my research experience trying to understand their quality of life concerns...there



were true gems of ideas [in this book] that illum