Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices.

Binstock, Robert H., Stephen G. Post and Peter J. Whitehouse (eds.):

ISBN 10: 0801845459 / ISBN 13: 9780801845451

Edité par Baltimore, London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

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XVIII, 184 p. Einband weist Gebrauchsspuren auf, Bleistiftanstreichungen und -anmerkungen im Buch / Binding shows signs of use, pencil marks and annotations in the book. - CONTENTS Foreword, Robert N. Butler Preface List of Contributors 1. The Challenges of Dementia Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, and Peter J. Whitehouse I. BIOMEDICAL, EXPERIENTIAL, AND CAREGIVING PERSPECTIVES 2. Dementia: The Medical Perspective Peter J. Whitehouse 3. The Experience of Being Demented Joseph M. Foley 4. Seeing and Knowing Dementia David H. Smith 5. Human Dignity, Dementia, and the Moral Basis of Caregiving Richard J. Martin and Stephen G. Post II. TREATMENT DECISIONS, ADVANCE DIRECTIVES, AND EUTHANASIA 6. Autonomy Revisited: The Limits of Anticipatory Choices Rebecca S. Dresser 7. A Critical View of Ethical Dilemmas in Dementia Harry R. Moody 8. Mercy Killing of Elderly People with Dementia: A Counterproposal David C. Thomasma 9. Euthanasia in Alzheimer s Disease? Margaret P. Battin III. CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA: JUSTICE AND PUBLIC POLICY 10. Dementia and Appropriate Care: Allocating Scarce Resources Daniel Callahan 11. The Politics of Developing Appropriate Care for Dementia Robert H. Binstock and Thomas H. Murray 12. Alzheimer s Disease: Current Policy Initiatives Gene D. Cohen Index. ISBN 9780801845451 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 337.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices.
• Éditeur: Baltimore, London: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0801845459
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780801845451
• Reliure: Paperback.
• État de l'article: Gut
• Poids: 337 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Neurologie

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Synopsis

Several million Americans are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementing disorder. For families, professional caregivers, policy makers, and the patients themselves, the challenges are immense and the economic costs are staggering. In Dementia and Aging Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, and Peter J. Whitehouse bring together experts in gerontology, geriatrics, psychiatry, neurology, nursing, ethics, philosophy, public policy, and law to examine the ethical, moral, and policy controversies surrounding dementia.

The authors first present background information on dementia and related ethical and policy issues. The remainder of the book is divided into three parts. Part One conveys the difficulties experienced by dementia patients and their caregivers. Part Two deals with ethical and moral issues involved in decisions regarding treatment and care, including the highly controversial subject of euthanasia. Part Three lays out societal choices regarding the allocation of resources for treatment, care, and research on dementia.

À propos des auteurs

Robert H. Binstock (1935-2011) was, at the time of his death, a professor of aging, health, and society at Case Western Reserve University, where he taught in the public health program and also in the departments of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics, bioethics, and in the School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Stephen G. Post is the director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. He is the author of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying.

Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, is a professor of neurology at Case Western Reserve University and the cofounder of the Intergenerational Schools. Together, they are the coauthors of The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told about Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis.