Dementia and aging : ethics, values, and policy choices

著者

• Binstock, Robert H.
• Post, Stephen Garrard
• Whitehouse, Peter J.

書誌事項

Dementia and aging : ethics, values, and policy choices

edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, Peter J. Whitehouse

Johns Hopkins University Press, c1992

• : hard
• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hard ISBN 9780801844249

内容説明

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" Binstock, Post, and 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.

目次

• Ethics, policies, and dementia
• how dementia is experiences
• societal images of the demented elderly
• human dignity and dementia
• treatment decisionmaking and the demented self
• whose life is it?
• should we euthanize the demented elderly?
• dementia and the boundaries of euthanasia
• dementia and appropriate care
• a framework for achieving appropriate care
• the future of public policy.

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780801845451

内容説明

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.

目次

Foreword Preface List of Contributors Chapter 1. The Challenges of Dementia Part I: Biomedical, Experiential, and Caregiving Perspectives Chapter 2. Dementia: The Medical Perspective Chapter 3. The Experience of Being Demented Chapter 4. Seeing and Knowing Dementia Chapter 5. Human Dignity, Dementia, and the Moral Basis of Caregiving Part II: Treatment Decisions, Advance Directives, and Euthanasia Chapter 6. Autonomy Revisited: The Limits of Anticipatory Choices Chapter 7. A Critical View of Ethical Dilemmas in Dementia Chapter 8. Mercy Killing of Elderly People with Dementia: A Counterproposal Chapter 9. Euthanasia in Alzheimer's Disease? Part III: Caring For People With Dementia: Justice and Public Policy Chapter 10. Dementia and Appropriate Care: Allocating Scarce Resources Chapter 11. The Politics of Developing Appropriate Care for Dementia Chapter 12. Alzheimer's Disease: Current Policy Initiatives Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA19351434
• ISBN:
  • 080184424X
  • 0801845459
• LCCN: 92006220
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 184 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : RC524
  • NLM : WT 150 D3752
  • DC20 : 616.89/83
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Senile dementia -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Senile dementia -- Treatment -- Government policy -- United States
  • LCSH : Senile dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Senile dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Government policy -- United States
  • MESH : Alzheimer's Disease
  • MESH : Dementia, Senile
  • MESH : Ethics, Medical
  • MESH : Health Policy