Valuing older people : a humanist approach to ageing / / edited by Ricca Edmondson and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Collana | Ageing and the lifecourse |
Soggetto topico |
Older people
Old age Humanism |
ISBN |
1-4473-0417-9
1-282-50165-8 9786612501654 1-84742-293-4 |
Classificazione | BQ 5850 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Valuing Older People; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Religious belonging and spiritual questioning: a Western European perspective on ageing and religion; 2. Spirituality: a means for achieving integration in personal and community spheres in an ageing Singapore; 3. Integrating the sacred in creative ageing; 4. Atheist convictions, Christian beliefs or 'keeping things open'? Patterns of world views among three generations in East German families; 5. Beyond dialogue: entering the fourth space in old age
6. The long road to a moralisation of old age7. How to balance generations: solidarity dilemmas in a European perspective; 8. Pension systems and the challenge of population ageing: what does the public think?; 9. Ethos of care and environment in long-stay care settings: impacts on residents' lives; 10. Engineering substantially prolonged human lifespans: biotechnological enhancement and ethics; 11. Wisdom: a humanist approach to valuing older people; 12. Social practices, moral frameworks and religious values in the lives of older people 13. 'Woo-hoo, what a ride!' Older people, life stories and active ageing14. Does eldership mean anything in the contemporary West?; 15. Talk about old age, health and morality; 16. Exploring positive images of ageing: the production of calendars; 17. Gateways to humanistic gerontology; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781048903321 |
Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Valuing older people : a humanist approach to ageing / / edited by Ricca Edmondson and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, : Policy Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EdmondsonRicca
KondratowitzHans-Joachim von |
Collana | Ageing and the lifecourse |
Soggetto topico |
Older people
Old age |
ISBN |
1-4473-0417-9
1-282-50165-8 9786612501654 1-84742-293-4 |
Classificazione | BQ 5850 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Valuing Older People; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Religious belonging and spiritual questioning: a Western European perspective on ageing and religion; 2. Spirituality: a means for achieving integration in personal and community spheres in an ageing Singapore; 3. Integrating the sacred in creative ageing; 4. Atheist convictions, Christian beliefs or 'keeping things open'? Patterns of world views among three generations in East German families; 5. Beyond dialogue: entering the fourth space in old age
6. The long road to a moralisation of old age7. How to balance generations: solidarity dilemmas in a European perspective; 8. Pension systems and the challenge of population ageing: what does the public think?; 9. Ethos of care and environment in long-stay care settings: impacts on residents' lives; 10. Engineering substantially prolonged human lifespans: biotechnological enhancement and ethics; 11. Wisdom: a humanist approach to valuing older people; 12. Social practices, moral frameworks and religious values in the lives of older people 13. 'Woo-hoo, what a ride!' Older people, life stories and active ageing14. Does eldership mean anything in the contemporary West?; 15. Talk about old age, health and morality; 16. Exploring positive images of ageing: the production of calendars; 17. Gateways to humanistic gerontology; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811949603321 |
Bristol, : Policy Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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