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Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices
Robert H. Binstock (Ed.)
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Description for Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices
Paperback. Part Three lays out societal choices regarding the allocation of resources for treatment, care, and research on dementia. Editor(s): Binstock, Robert H.; Post, Stephen G. (Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Case Western University, USA); Whitehouse, Peter J. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBPK; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801845451
SKU
V9780801845451
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About Robert H. Binstock (Ed.)
Stephen G. Post is professor at the Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University.
Reviews for Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices
" Dementia and Aging will become a standard introduction to what Lewis Thomas called 'the disease of the century'... Gerontologists will benefit from reading [this] collection [dealing] with a multifaceted problem from diverse perspectives. Gerontologist The diversity of thought and opinions represented in this book is its major strength. the contributing authors are..acknowledged experts in their respective fields; the chapters ... Read more