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dc.contributor.authorLidz, Charles W.
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorArnold, Robert M.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:22.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:06:06Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:06:06Z
dc.date.issued1992-01-01
dc.date.submitted2010-10-21
dc.identifier.citationLidz CW, Fischer LB & Arnold RM: The Erosion of Autonomy in Long Term Care. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0195073940, 9780195073942. Partial preview available via Google Books.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45013
dc.description.abstractSummary: 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 requires close attention to everyday routines and a fundamental rethinking of the meaning of autonomy. This work is based on an observational study of two different types of settings which provide long-term care for the elderly. The authors offer a detailed description of the organizational patterns that erode autonomy of the elderly. Their observations lead to a substantial rethinking of what the concept of autonomy means in these settings. The book concludes with concrete suggestions on methods to increase the autonomy of elderly individuals in long-term care institutions.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.urlhttp://books.google.com/books?id=Kin7OE6zIWwC
dc.subjectLong-Term Care
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectHomes for the Aged
dc.subjectPersonal Autonomy
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectPsychiatric and Mental Health
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.titleThe Erosion of Autonomy in Long-Term Care
dc.typeBook
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/120
dc.identifier.contextkey1613436
html.description.abstract<p>Summary: 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 requires close attention to everyday routines and a fundamental rethinking of the meaning of autonomy. This work is based on an observational study of two different types of settings which provide long-term care for the elderly. The authors offer a detailed description of the organizational patterns that erode autonomy of the elderly. Their observations lead to a substantial rethinking of what the concept of autonomy means in these settings. The book concludes with concrete suggestions on methods to increase the autonomy of elderly individuals in long-term care institutions.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathpsych_cmhsr/120
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry


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