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Title:

Dementia and aging : ethics, values, and policy choices / edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, Peter J. Whitehouse.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1992

Description:

xviii, 184 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Senile dementia--Government policy--Care--Government policy--United States.
Senile dementia--Moral and ethical aspects.--Care--Moral and ethical aspects.
Senile dementia--Government policy--Government policy--United States.
Senile dementia--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Alzheimer's disease
Dementia, Senile.
Ethics, Medical.
Health Policy.

Other Authors:

Binstock, Robert H.
Post, Stephen Garrard, 1951-
Whitehouse, Peter J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Challenges of dementia / Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post and Peter J. Whitehouse -- Dementia: the medical perspective / Peter J. Whitehouse -- Experience of being demented / Joseph M. Foley -- Seeing and knowing dementia / David H. Smith -- Human dignity, dementia, and the moral basis of caregiving / Richard J. Martin and Stephen G. Post -- Autonomy revisited: the limits of anticipatory choices / Rebecca S. Dresser -- Critical view of ethical dilemmas in dementia / Harry R. Moody -- Mercy killing of elderly people with dementia: a counterproposal / David C. Thomasma -- Euthanasia in Alzheimer's disease? / Margaret P. Battin -- Dementia and appropriate care: allocating scarce resources / Daniel Callahan -- Politics of developing appropriate care for dementia / Robert H. Binstock and Thomas H. Murray -- Alzheimer's disease: current policy initiatives / Gene D. Cohen.

ISBN:

9780801845451 (pbk.)
0801845459 (pbk.)
9780801844249
080184424X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25205954
(OCoLC)25281755

LCCN:

92006220

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)