Dementia and Aging : Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices

Robert H Binstock

ISBN 10: 0801845459 / ISBN 13: 9780801845451

Edité par Johns Hopkins University Press Sep 1992, 1992

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Neuware - 'The diversity of thought and opinions represented in this book is its major strength. the contributing authors are. acknowledged experts in their respective fields; the chapters are well written and edited. Each section provides insights into an important aspect of Alzheimer disease. Opposing views on euthanasia and alternative proposals for health care reform are fairly presented. the reader is left with a better understanding of the complex and evolving nature of decision-making required in the care of patients with Alzheimer disease.' -- Annals of Internal Medicine'A standard introduction to what Lewis Thomas called 'the disease of the century'. Gerontologists will benefit from reading (this) collection (dealing) with a multifaceted problem from diverse perspectives.' -- The Gerontologist.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Dementia and Aging : Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices
• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press Sep 1992
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0801845459
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780801845451
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 228 L x 149 H x 15 P (en millimètres) 228 millimètres de largeur par 149 millimètres de hauteur par 15 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 340 grammes

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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.