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Dependence and Autonomy in Old Age: An Ethical Framework for Long-term Care

Dependence and Autonomy in Old Age: An Ethical Framework for Long-term Care

9780521009201
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Respecting the autonomy of disabled people is an important ethical issue for providers of long-term care. In this influential book, George Agich abandons comfortable abstractions to reveal the concrete threats to personal autonomy in this setting, where ethical conflict, dilemma and tragedy are inescapable. He argues that liberal accounts of autonomy and individual rights are insufficient, and offers an account of autonomy that matches the realities of long-term care. The 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. Previously published as Autonomy and Long-term Care, this revised edition, in paperback for the first time, takes account of recent work and develops the authors views of what autonomy means in the real world. It will have wide appeal among bioethicists and health care professionals.
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Cambridge University Press
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9780521009201
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Publication date
2003
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
218
Dimensions (mm)
155.00 x 229.00
Weight (g)
376
  • 1. Introduction; Long-term care images; Autonomy; Autonomy and long-term care:: the problem; 2. The liberal theory of autonomy; Pluralism, toleration, and neutrality; The State and positive autonomy; Some problems of positive autonomy; Liberal principles in long-term care; Nursing home admission practices; The use of restraints; The perils of liberal theory; Communitarianism and the contextualist alternative; Practical implications of the debate over the foundation of ethics; Conflict and conversation; The function of rights; Limitation of rights; Paternalism and the development of persons; From paternalism to parentalism; Summary; 3. Long-term care:: myth and reality; Myths of old age; Nursing homes; Therapeutic relationships; Concepts of illness and disease; Models of care; The concept of a practice; Home care; Summary; 4. Actual autonomy; Result-oriented theories; Action-oriented theories; The concrete view of persons; Autonomy:: a developmental perspective; Narrative approaches; Dependence in human development; Sickness as dependence; Autonomy and identification; The paradox of development and problems of identification; Implications for long-term care; Summary; 5. A phenomenological view of social action; Sociality and the everyday world; General Features of the social nature of persons; Space; Time; Communication; Affectivity; Summary; 6. Autonomy and long-term care:: another look; Social reality of Eastside; Appeal to autonomy as independence; A phenomenologically informed analysis; Lessons from Eastside; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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