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Dementia and aging : ethics, values, and policy choices
- Title
- Dementia and aging : ethics, values, and policy choices / edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, Peter J. Whitehouse.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RC524 .D44 1992 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 184 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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 1 conveys the difficulties experienced by dementia patients and their caregivers. Part 2 deals with the ethical and moral issues involved in decisions regarding treatment and care, including the highly controversial subject of euthanasia. Part 3 lays out societal choices regarding the allocation of resources for treatment, care, and research on dementia.
- Subject
- Medicaid
- Senile dementia > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects
- Senile dementia > Treatment > Government policy > United States
- Senile dementia > Patients > Care > Moral and ethical aspects
- Senile dementia > Patients > Care > Government policy > United States
- Alzheimer's disease
- Medical policy
- Alzheimer Disease
- Ethics, Medical
- Health Policy
- Dementia
- Medical policy
- Alzheimer's disease
- Maladie d'Alzheimer
- Démence
- Éthique des médecins
- Politique sanitaire
- Dementie
- Ethische aspecten
- United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Challenges of dementia / Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post and Peter J. Whitehouse -- Dementia: the medical perspective / Peter J. Whitehouse -- Experience of being demented / Joseph M. Foley -- Seeing and knowing dementia / David H. Smith -- Human dignity, dementia, and the moral basis of caregiving / Richard J. Martin and Stephen G. Post -- Autonomy revisited: the limits of anticipatory choices / Rebecca S. Dresser -- Critical view of ethical dilemmas in dementia / Harry R. Moody -- Mercy killing of elderly people with dementia: a counterproposal / David C. Thomasma -- Euthanasia in Alzheimer's disease? / Margaret P. Battin -- Dementia and appropriate care: allocating scarce resources / Daniel Callahan -- Politics of developing appropriate care for dementia / Robert H. Binstock and Thomas H. Murray -- Alzheimer's disease: current policy initiatives / Gene D. Cohen.
- ISBN
- 080184424X
- 9780801844249
- 0801845459
- 9780801845451
- LCCN
- 92006220
- OCLC
- ocm25205954
- 25205954
- SCSB-1963861
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library