Rose Dobrof, Robert Disch, Harry R Moody

Dignity and Old Age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dignity and Old Age explores the meaning of dignity and its implications for how we look upon old age and older people. It will give you an appreciation of the multiple meanings of dignity across different sectors of society. The contributors assert that the ideal of human dignity conveys important implications for how we treat older people at the level of practicefor example, in health care or social servicesand also for our policies governing work and retirement as well as entitlements and benefits. Individuals and families, as well as philanthropy and government, have a role in assuring dignity in age, and professionals in the aging service network can enhance the quality of their care. This book will give you new and important insight for taking important steps forward in framing the issues and fulfilling a commitment to assuring dignity for all those in the last stage of life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780789005342
• ISBN-10: 0789005344
• Artikelnr.: 21182210

Autorenporträt

Dobrof, Rose; Disch, Robert; Moody, Harry R

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
* Dedication to Ellsworth G. Stanton III
* Foreword
* Dignity Over the Life Course
* Why Dignity in Old Age Matters
* I.THE MEANING OF DIGNITY
* Dignity and Quality of LIfe in Old Age
* Respecting Ethnic Elders: A Perspective for Care Providers
* Spirituality and Community in the Last Stage of Life
* Dignity, Cultural Power, and Narrative Redemption: Aging Male Writers
Confront the Medical System
* II. PRACTICE AND POLICY
* The Cost of Autonomy, the Price of Paternalism
* Assuring Dignity in Means-Tested Entitlement Programs: An Elusive
Goal?
* Philanthropy and Government: Partners in the Community of Caring
* Dignity for Oldest Old: Can We Afford It?
* About the Authors
* Index