1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003075390203316

Autore

SERRANO, María José

Titolo

Aproximación a la gramática del discurso del español / María José Serrano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Muenchen : Lincom Europa, 2002

ISBN

3-89586-305-X

Descrizione fisica

219 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

Lincom studies in Romance linguistics ; 36

Disciplina

460

Soggetti

Lingua spagnola - Grammatica

Collocazione

I.8.D.21

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910872831403321

Autore

Goldwasser Shafi

Titolo

Foundations of Computer Science, 35th Symposium on (FOCS '94

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE Computer Society Press, 1994

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

004

Soggetti

Computer science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019177303321

Titolo

Dignity in care for older people / / edited by Lennart Nordenfelt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

9786612343773

9781282343771

1282343777

9781118288702

111828870X

9781444316414

1444316419

9781444316421

1444316427

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NordenfeltLennart <1945->

Disciplina

362.6

613/.0438

Soggetti

Older people - Medical care

Dignity

Quality of life



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

Dignity in Care for Older People; Contents; Preface; Contributors; An Outline of the Book; Preamble: the Case of David and Rebecca; Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations; 1: Health, Autonomy and Quality of Life: Some Basic Concepts in the Theory of Health Care and the Care of Older People; Introduction; 1.1 Health; 1.2 Quality of life; 1.3 Autonomy; 1.4 Integrity; 1.5 Final remarks on the basic values; References; 2: The Concept of Dignity; Introduction; 2.1 The definition of dignity; 2.2 Dignity: towards an analysis; 2.3 Relationships between the notions of dignity

2.4 Further explorations on dignity. A commentary on some other authors2.5 Dignity and older people; References; 3: Being Body: The Dignity of Human Embodiment; Introduction; 3.1 The objective b ody and the lived body; 3.2 The dignity of the human body; 3.3 Implications for health care; References; Part II: Dignity and Older People: Some Empirical Findings; 4: Dignity and Dementia: An Analysis of Dignity of Identity and Dignity Work in a Small Residential Home; Introduction; 4.1 Living together in a residential home; 4.2 The homelike nature of the residential home; 4.3 Activities and routines

4.4 Identity4.5 Home, sweet home; 4.6 Dignity, normality and culture; 4.7 Summary and concluding remarks on dignity work, normality and power; References; 5: Dignity and Older Spouses with Dementia; Introduction; 5.1 Dignity in spousal relationships; 5.2 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 6: Caring for Older People: Why Dignity Matters - the European Experience; Introduction; 6.1 The Dignity and Older Europeans study; 6.2 Findings; 6.3 Discussion; 6.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 7: A Dignified Death and Identity-Promoting Care; Introduction; 7.1 A dignified or good death

7.2 Being allowed to be the person one is and to decide for oneself7.3 Death as a religious, medical and private event; 7.4 Extended identity close to death; 7.5 Threats to identity close to death; 7.6 Identity-promoting care; 7.7 Conclusion and reflections; References; 8: Dignity and the Dead; Introduction; 8.1 The view of the d ead person; 8.2 The dead as persons; 8.3 Change and continuity; 8.4 The necessary psychological change; 8.5 Brain death as a special category; 8.6 Fear of the dead person; 8.7 The rights of the dead; 8.8 Who owns the dead?; 8.9 Religious aspects

8.10 The dignity of the deadReferences; 9: Dignity as an Object of Empirical Study: Experiences from Two Research Programmes; 9.1 General considerations; 9.2 Basic ethical concepts: a comparison between the DOE project and the Home project; 9.3 Salient aspects of the care of seriously ill older people in the Swedish context; 9.4 Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The notion of quality of life has for several decades been well-established in ethical debate about health care and the care of older people.  Dignity in Care for Older People highlights the notion of dignity within the care of the elderly, focusing on the importance of theoretical concepts.Primarily based on a Research Project, Dignity and Older Europeans, funded by the European Commission, this book provides a thorough investigation of the concept of dignity and related concepts such as quality of life and autonomy. It includes a chapter devoted to the dignity of human embodim