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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823995803321

Autore

Innes Anthea

Titolo

Dementia studies : a social science perspective / / Anthea Innes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2009

ISBN

1-4129-2163-5

1-282-62362-1

9786612623622

0-85702-665-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.) : ill

Disciplina

616.83

Soggetti

Dementia

Dementia - Patients - Care

Dementia - Treatment

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. [165]-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; 1 - WHAT IS DEMENTIA? UNPICKING WHAT IS 'KNOWN'; 2 - THE CONTEXT OF DEMENTIA STUDIES: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES; 3 - CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA:UTOPIAN IDEALS?; 4 - DEMENTIA STUDIES WITHIN CULTURAL CONTEXTS; 5 - RESEARCHING DEMENTIA AND DEMENTIA CARE: IMPLICATIONS OF THE GENERATION OF RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE FOR POLICY, PRACTICE AND APPROACHES TO RESEARCH; 6 - A MODEL OF DEMENTIA STUDIES: KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Providing a lively and critical study of the main approaches to dementia studies, this text examines current principles and ideologies as well as presenting alternative ideas for future care and understanding.