Dementia Studies e-bog
359,43 DKK
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What is dementia? How should we organize dementia care? This comprehensive book critically examines the main approaches to understanding dementia (bio-medical, social-psychological and socio-gerontological) and the main principles and ideologies of care.The book: provides clarity on the gap between the utopian aspirations of care and the reality of care opens up a series of questions about know...
E-bog
359,43 DKK
Forlag
SAGE Publications Ltd
Udgivet
5 marts 2009
Længde
208 sider
Genrer
Age groups: the elderly
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780857026651
What is dementia? How should we organize dementia care? This comprehensive book critically examines the main approaches to understanding dementia (bio-medical, social-psychological and socio-gerontological) and the main principles and ideologies of care.The book: provides clarity on the gap between the utopian aspirations of care and the reality of care opens up a series of questions about knowledge and treatment of dementia argues for a transition from positions that place emphasis upon the individual or particular care services to the social, cultural and economic contextLively, informative and challenging, the book will be of interest to students of nursing, sociology of health & illness, social work and social gerontology.Anthea Innes teaches at the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling