Ethics, aging, and society : the critical turn /
Holstein, Martha.
Ethics, aging, and society : the critical turn / Martha B. Holstein, Jennifer A. Parks, Mark H. Waymack. - xxii, 298 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780826116345 9780826116352 (e-book)
2010044331
Aging--Moral and ethical aspects.
Older people--Psychology.
Older people--Health and hygiene.
RA408.A3 / H65 2011
174.2
WT 104
Ethics, aging, and society : the critical turn / Martha B. Holstein, Jennifer A. Parks, Mark H. Waymack. - xxii, 298 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780826116345 9780826116352 (e-book)
2010044331
Aging--Moral and ethical aspects.
Older people--Psychology.
Older people--Health and hygiene.
RA408.A3 / H65 2011
174.2
WT 104