Dignity in care for older people /
edited by Lennart Nordenfelt.
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
- xix, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Health, autonomy, and quality of life : some basic concepts in the theory of health care and the care of the elderly / Lennart Nordenfelt -- The concept of dignity / Lennart Nordenfelt -- Being body : the dignity of human embodiment / Jennifer Bullington -- Dignity and dementia : an analysis of dignity of identity and dignity work in a group dwelling / Magnus Ohlander -- Dignity and elderly spouses with dementia / Ingrid Hellstrom -- Decent care for older people : why dignity matters : the European experience / Win Tadd and Michael Calnan -- A dignified death and identity-promoting care / Britt-Marie Ternestedt -- Dignity and the dead / Goran Lantz -- Dignity as an object of empirical study : experiences from two research programmes / Lennart Nordenfelt.
9781405183420 (pbk. : alk. paper) ;
Aged--Medical care. Dignity. Quality of life. Geriatrics--ethics. Health Services for the Aged--ethics. Aged--Psychology. Personal Autonomy.