Dementia and Aging : Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices Paperback / softback
Edited by Robert H., PhD (Professor, Division of Health Services Research, Case Western Reserve Univ Binstock, Stephen G. (Director, Center of Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, Stony B Post, Peter J., MD PhD (Director, Case Western Reserve University) Whitehouse
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Several million Americans are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementing disorder.
For families, professional caregivers, policy makers, and the patients themselves, the challenges are immense and the economic costs are staggering.
In Dementia and Aging Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, and Peter J. Whitehouse bring together experts in gerontology, geriatrics, psychiatry, neurology, nursing, ethics, philosophy, public policy, and law to examine the ethical, moral, and policy controversies surrounding dementia. 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 One conveys the difficulties experienced by dementia patients and their caregivers.
Part Two deals with ethical and moral issues involved in decisions regarding treatment and care, including the highly controversial subject of euthanasia.
Part Three lays out societal choices regarding the allocation of resources for treatment, care, and research on dementia.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:27/10/1992
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- ISBN:9780801845451
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:27/10/1992
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- ISBN:9780801845451