Ethics, Aging, and Society: The Critical Turn

by Holstein, Martha B., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780826116345
• ISBN10: 0826116345
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

This book will address "second generation" issues in ethics, aging, and society. The proposed book presents the main issues that arise when ethics is applied to the practical concerns that occur in the day-to-day work of health and social service providers. Holsttein and Waymack examine the most critical, cutting-edge issues in aging today, including long-term care, abuse and neglect, Alzheimer's disease, and natural disasters. Key features: Explores new directions in ethical and social philosophy in connection with gerontology Enriched with case studies that are derived from day-to-day practice Ranges from individual/clinical ethics in health and long-term care to ethical issues raised by public policy, cultural norms, and social attitudes The first major work in a more than a decade that brings together complex elements at the heart of ethical thinking

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Approaches to Ethical Thinking
Ethics and Aging: Challenges to the Received View	p. 3
The "Critical Turn": Alternative Approaches to Thinking About Ethics	p. 21
Ethics and Context
Aging and the Aged Body	p. 45
The "Third Age": Cultural Ideals, Ethics, and the Myth of Agelessness	p. 65
Anti-aging Medicine	p. 87
Aging and Public Policy: A Normative Foundation	p. 103
Care and Justice: Older People at Home	p. 125
The Nursing Home: Beyond Medicalization	p. 147
Issues in Care
Working With Clients and Patients	p. 173
What Do We Do Now? Abuse, Neglect, and Self-Neglect	p. 193
Alzheimer's Disease and an Ethics of Solidarity	p. 213
Beyond Rational Control: Caring at the End of Life	p. 233
Aging and Disasters: Facing Natural and Other Disasters	p. 255
Bringing It All Together	p. 281
Index	p. 291
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