TY  - BOOK
AU  - Agich,George J.
AU  - Agich,George J.
TI  - Dependence and autonomy in old age: an ethical framework for long-term care 
SN  - 0511067283
AV  - RC954.3 .A44 2003eb
U1  - 174/.2 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Older people
KW  - Long-term care
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Autonomy (Psychology) in old age
KW  - Autonomy (Philosophy)
KW  - Long-Term Care
KW  - ethics
KW  - Personal Autonomy
KW  - Professional-Patient Relations
KW  - Aged
KW  - Personnes âgées
KW  - Soins de longue durée
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - Autonomie chez la personne âgée
KW  - Autonomie (Philosophie)
KW  - elderly
KW  - aat
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Ethics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Medicine
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Health & Biological Sciences
KW  - Geriatrics
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Previously published as: Autonomy and long-term care; Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-202) and index; Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The liberal theory of autonomy; 3 Long-term care: myth and reality; 4 Actual autonomy; 5 A phenomenological view of actual autonomy; 6 Autonomy and long-term care: another look; References; Index
N2  - In this influential book, George Agich abandons comfortable abstractions to reveal the concrete threats to personal autonomy in long-term care. His book therefore offers a framework for carers to develop an ethic of long-term care within the complex environment in which many dependent and aged people find themselves
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