Nursing home ethics : everyday issues affecting residents with dementia / Bethel Ann Powers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powers, Bethel Ann, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients--Care.

Dementia.

Nursing home care--Moral and ethical aspects.

Nursing home care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Pub., c2003.

Summary:

Designated a Doody's Core Title!. Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!. p>Bethel Ann Powers gives a comprehensive and thoughtful examination of the ethical issues that arise in long-term care. The first two chapters set the stage by exploring the pre-nursing home experiences of families living with dementia and, in contrast, how residents and family members experience life in the nursing home. The following chapters contain detailed hypothetical cases that include questions, possible actions, and insightful commentary to illustrate practical approaches to understanding common ethical issue

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Living With Dementia; Chapter 2: The Nursing Home Experience; Chapter 3: Ethics in Action; Chapter 4: Case Examples; Appendix: Nursing Home Ethics Committee Q & A; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-86299-1

9786611862992

0-8261-1965-4

OCLC:

437109912