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

Holstein, Martha. (Author). Parks, Jennifer A. (Added Author). Waymack, Mark H. (Added Author).

Summary:

"This book discusses second-generation issues in ethics, aging, and society by presenting critical outcomes that arise when ethics is applied to the practical concerns that occur in day-to-day elder care." "Key Features:" "Presents the first major work in over 10 years to integrate the disciplines of ethics and aging" "Includes case studies derived from day-to-day practice" "Addresses individual/clinical ethics in health and long-term care and ethical issues raised by public policy, cultural norms, and social attitudes" "Examines such critical issues as Alzheimer's disease, long-term care, ageism, public policy, anti-aging medicine, elder abuse, and natural disasters" "Explores new directions in ethical and social philosophy as they pertain to gerontology and care"--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780826116345 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0826116345 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780826116352 (e-book)
ISBN: 0826116353 (e-book)
Physical Description: xxii, 298 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.