The Erosion of Autonomy in Long-Term Care
dc.contributor.author | Lidz, Charles W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fischer, Lynn | |
dc.contributor.author | Arnold, Robert M. | |
dc.date | 2022-08-11T08:10:22.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-23T17:06:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-23T17:06:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1992-01-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2010-10-21 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lidz 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.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45013 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.relation.url | http://books.google.com/books?id=Kin7OE6zIWwC | |
dc.subject | Long-Term Care | |
dc.subject | Aged | |
dc.subject | Homes for the Aged | |
dc.subject | Personal Autonomy | |
dc.subject | Health Services Research | |
dc.subject | Mental and Social Health | |
dc.subject | Psychiatric and Mental Health | |
dc.subject | Psychiatry | |
dc.subject | Psychiatry and Psychology | |
dc.title | The Erosion of Autonomy in Long-Term Care | |
dc.type | Book | |
dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/120 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 1613436 | |
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.submissionpath | psych_cmhsr/120 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Psychiatry |