Handbook on ethical issues in aging / edited by Tanya Fusco Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Tanya F.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Care--Moral and ethical aspects.

Older people.

Aging--Moral and ethical aspects.

Aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 420 pages)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addresses ethical issues in aging in a variety of contexts--the social cultural environment, physical health care, mental health care, social health care, legal care, and spiritual care.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Ethical Issues: In Whose Best Interest?""; ""2 Ethical Issues in a Subculturally Diverse Society""; ""3 Ethical Issues in a Religiously Diverse Society""; ""4 Ethical Issues in Spiritual Care""; ""5 Ethical Issues in Medical Care""; ""6 Ethical Issues in the Quality of Care""; ""7 Ethical Issues in Terminal Care""; ""8 Ethical Issues in the Care of the Judgment Impaired""; ""9 Ethical Issues in Mental Health Care""; ""10 Ethical Issues in Personal Safety""; ""11 Ethical Issues in Nonfamily Care""; ""12 Ethical Issues in Family Care""

""13 Ethical Issues in Legal Care""""14 Ethical Issues in a High-Tech Society""; ""15 Ethical Issues in Research on Aging""; ""16 Ethical Issues in Long-Term Care""; ""17 Ethical Issues in Decision Making: A Balanced Interest Perspective""; ""18 Ethical Issues in Aging: Synthesis and Prospects for the Twenty- first Century""; ""References""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""; ""About the Editor and Contributors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-391) and indexes.

ISBN:

9798400661594

9781429473255

1429473258

OCLC:

607211748