{"product_id":"dignity-in-care-for-older-people-isbn-9781405183420","title":"Dignity in Care for Older People","description":"The notion of quality of life has for several decades been well-established in ethical debate about health care and the care of older people.  \u003ci\u003eDignity in Care for Older People\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the notion of dignity within the care of the elderly, focusing on the importance of theoretical concepts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Primarily based on a Research Project, Dignity and Older Europeans, funded by the European Commission, this book provides a thorough investigation of the concept of dignity and related concepts such as quality of life and autonomy. It includes a chapter devoted to the dignity of human embodiment, emphasizing the importance of the notion of the lived body in the context of elderly care. As a result of the conceptual study a model of dignity emerges in which four variants of dignity stand out: dignity of merit, dignity as moral status, dignity of identity and Menschenwürde (the specifically human value). From this follows a discussion of how these variants of dignity can be used in characterizing the care of the elderly. The notions of dignity and dignified care are discussed particularly in relation to demented persons and dying persons. The book also contains a chapter on the dignity of the dead person.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e International in focus, \u003ci\u003eDignity in Care for Older People\u003c\/i\u003e provides a contemporary discussion of the care of older people, and will be of use to qualified nurses and social care practitioners working with older people, as well as those on ethics and gerontology courses. \u003cp\u003ePreface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Outline of the Book xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreamble: the Case of David and Rebecca xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Health, Autonomy and Quality of Life: Some Basic Concepts in the Theory of Health Care and the Care of Older People 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLennart Nordenfelt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Health 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Quality of life 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Autonomy 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Integrity 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Final remarks on the basic values 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Concept of Dignity 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLennart Nordenfelt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The definition of dignity 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Dignity: towards an analysis 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Relationships between the notions of dignity 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Further explorations on dignity. A commentary on some other authors 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Dignity and older people 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Being Body: The Dignity of Human Embodiment 54\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Bullington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 The objective body and the lived body 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The dignity of the human body 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Implications for health care 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Dignity and Older People: Some Empirical Findings 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Dignity and Dementia: An Analysis of Dignity of Identity and Dignity Work in a Small Residential Home 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagnus Öhlander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Living together in a residential home 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The homelike nature of the residential home 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Activities and routines 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Identity 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Home, sweet home 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Dignity, normality and culture 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Summary and concluding remarks on dignity work, normality and power 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Dignity and Older Spouses with Dementia 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngrid Hellström\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Dignity in spousal relationships 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Conclusions 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Caring for Older People: Why Dignity Matters – the European Experience 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWin Tadd and Michael Calnan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 The Dignity and Older Europeans study 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Findings 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Discussion 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Conclusion 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. A Dignified Death and Identity-Promoting Care 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritt-Marie Ternestedt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 A dignified or good death 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Being allowed to be the person one is and to decide for oneself 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Death as a religious, medical and private event 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Extended identity close to death 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Threats to identity close to death 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Identity-promoting care 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Conclusion and reflections 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Dignity and the Dead 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGöran Lantz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 The view of the dead person 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The dead as persons 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Change and continuity 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 The necessary psychological change 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Brain death as a special category 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Fear of the dead person 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 The rights of the dead 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Who owns the dead? 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 Religious aspects 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 The dignity of the dead 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Dignity as an Object of Empirical Study: Experiences from Two Research Programmes 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLennart Nordenfelt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 General considerations 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Basic ethical concepts: a comparison between the DOE project and the Home project 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Salient aspects of the care of seriously ill older people in the Swedish context 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Conclusions 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLennart Nordenfelt\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care at the University of Linköping, Sweden  The notion of quality of life has, for several decades, been well established in ethical debate about health care and the care of older people.   \u003ci\u003eDignity in Care for Older People\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the notion of dignity within the care of the elderly, focusing on the importance of theoretical concepts.  \u003cp\u003ePrimarily based on the research project, \u003ci\u003eDignity and Older Europeans\u003c\/i\u003e, funded by the European Commission, this book provides a thorough investigation of the concept of dignity and related concepts such as quality of life and autonomy. It includes a chapter devoted to the dignity of human embodiment, emphasising the importance of the notion of the lived body in the context of elderly care. As a result of the conceptual study, a model of dignity emerges in which four variants of dignity stand out: dignity of merit, dignity as moral status, dignity of identity and \u003ci\u003eMenschenwürde\u003c\/i\u003e (the specifically human value). From this follows a discussion of how these variants of dignity can be used in characterising the care of the elderly. The notions of dignity and dignified care are discussed, particularly in relation to demented persons and dying persons. 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