The Erosion of Autonomy in Long-Term Care

by Lynn Fischer, Charles W. Lidz, Robert M. Arnold

Book Overview

In few places in American society are adults so dependent on others as in nursing homes. Minimizing this dependency and promoting autonomy has become a major focus of policy and ethics in gerontology. Yet most of these discussions are divorced from the day-to-day reality of long-term care and are implicitly based on concepts of autonomy derived from acute medical care settings. Promoting autonomy in long-term care, however, is a complex task which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B003QGW9WW
• ISBN13: 9780195073942
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"