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Titolo: | Ethics in community-based elder care [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Martha B. Holstein, Phyllis B. Mitzen |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Springer, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina: | 174/.2 |
Soggetto topico: | Community health services - Moral and ethical aspects |
Home care services - Moral and ethical aspects | |
Long-term care of the sick - Moral and ethical aspects | |
Older people - Long-term care - Moral and ethical aspects | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | HolsteinMartha MitzenPhyllis |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I. Introduction; Part II. Background/Theory; Part III. Organizations/Care Providers/Care Receivers; Part IV. Practice; Part V. Policy; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Caring for elders outside of institutions is the fastest growing sector of US health care. Building on their research study at the Park Ridge Center, editors Holstein and Mitzen, together with a team of experts, examine the complexities involved in developing an ethics for community-based long-term care. They also challenge policymakers to make home care a more viable option for older people in need. Chapters address many of the ethical and practical problems that arise in the care of older people with physical and mental disabilities--including how to allocate scarce funds, how to keep good c |
Titolo autorizzato: | Ethics in community-based elder care |
ISBN: | 9786611765675 |
1-281-76567-8 | |
0-8261-2298-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910454243703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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