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Dependence and autonomy in old age : an ethical framework for long-term care / George J. Agich.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Edition: 2nd ed., revDescription: 1 online resource (x, 207 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511067283
  • 9780511067280
  • 0511069413
  • 9780511069413
  • 0511116411
  • 9780511116414
  • 0511307888
  • 9780511307881
  • 9780511545801
  • 0511545800
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dependence and autonomy in old age.DDC classification:
  • 174/.2 22
LOC classification:
  • RC954.3 .A44 2003eb
NLM classification:
  • 2003 L-585
  • WT 30
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Previously published as: Autonomy and long-term care.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-202) and index.

Print version record.

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.

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.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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