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Informationen zum Autor Lennart Nordenfelt is Professor of Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care at the University of Linköping, Sweden Klappentext The notion of quality of life has for several decades been well-established in ethical debate about health care and the care of older people. Dignity in Care for Older People highlights the notion of dignity within the care of the elderly, focusing on the importance of theoretical concepts.Primarily based on a Research Project, Dignity and Older Europeans, funded by the European Commission, this book provides a thorough investigation of the concept of dignity and related concepts such as quality of life and autonomy. It includes a chapter devoted to the dignity of human embodiment, emphasizing the importance of the notion of the lived body in the context of elderly care. As a result of the conceptual study a model of dignity emerges in which four variants of dignity stand out: dignity of merit, dignity as moral status, dignity of identity and Menschenwürde (the specifically human value). From this follows a discussion of how these variants of dignity can be used in characterizing the care of the elderly. The notions of dignity and dignified care are discussed particularly in relation to demented persons and dying persons. The book also contains a chapter on the dignity of the dead person.International in focus, Dignity in Care for Older People provides a contemporary discussion of the care of older people, and will be of use to qualified nurses and social care practitioners working with older people, as well as those on ethics and gerontology courses. Zusammenfassung Highlights the importance of dignity within the care of the elderly, focusing on the importance of theoretical concepts International in focus, it provides a contemporary discussion of the care of older people Of use to qualified nurses and social care practitioners working with older people, as well as those on ethics and gerontology courses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface viii Contributors x An Outline of the Book xii Preamble: the Case of David and Rebecca xviii Part I Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations 1 1. Health, Autonomy and Quality of Life: Some Basic Concepts in the Theory of Health Care and the Care of Older People 3 Lennart Nordenfelt Introduction 3 1.1 Health 3 1.2 Quality of life 8 1.3 Autonomy 18 1.4 Integrity 23 1.5 Final remarks on the basic values 24 References 24 2. The Concept of Dignity 26 Lennart Nordenfelt Introduction 26 2.1 The definition of dignity 27 2.2 Dignity: towards an analysis 30 2.3 Relationships between the notions of dignity 40 2.4 Further explorations on dignity. A commentary on some other authors 42 2.5 Dignity and older people 46 References 52 3. Being Body: The Dignity of Human Embodiment 54 Jennifer Bullington Introduction 54 3.1 The objective body and the lived body 56 3.2 The dignity of the human body 64 3.3 Implications for health care 74 References 75 Part II Dignity and Older People: Some Empirical Findings 77 4. Dignity and Dementia: An Analysis of Dignity of Identity and Dignity Work in a Small Residential Home 79 Magnus Öhlander Introduction 79 4.1 Living together in a residential home 81 4.2 The homelike nature of the residential home 84 4.3 Activities and routines 87 4.4 Identity 89 4.5 Home, sweet home 91 4.6 Dignity, normality and culture 93 4.7 Summary and concluding remarks on dignity work, normality and power 94 References 97 5. Dignity and Older Spouses with Dementia 99 Ingrid Hellström Introduction 99 5.1 Dignity in spousa...
