Long-Term Care Decisions: Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801849934 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Topics include the current system of long-term care in the United States and how it evolved; value considerations facing professionals involved with home care and care plans; the basic concepts of autonomy and independence; the affect on long-term-care of changing intrafamilial relationships and responsibilities; and a preventive ethics approach to long-term care decision making. Deciding how to compensate for the change -- a process that often involves family members, friends, or health professionals -- frequently leads to consideration of long-term care. Most of the existing literature on ethics and decision making, however, focuses on acute care and does not necessarily apply to issues involved in choosing long-term care. This book offers the first conceptual and ethical framework for thinking about long-term care decision making in gerontologic and geriatric practice. It is also the first to examine these issues at the level of decision-making by elders, family members, and professionals and to consider the bro
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They demonstrate both the weakness of conventional thinking and the virtue of the proposed reconceptualization by analyzing various aspects of long-term care. Only if we heed the message of this book will the models of long-term care developed over the next decades succeed in delivering care that is ethically sound as well as comprehensive and cost effective." -- New England Journal of Medicine. ""This book should be read by all leaders in long-term care including nursing home administrators, case managers of home care agencies, and medical directors of nursing homes The essays articulate the problems of standard decision making in a readily comprehensible manner