| Description |
xxii, 298 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Older people -- Psychology.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Parks, Jennifer A.
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Waymack, Mark H.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780826116345 (alk. paper) |
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9780826116352 (electronic bk.) |
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