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Titre(s) : The evening of life [Texte imprimé] : the challenges of aging and dying well / edited by Joseph E. Davis and Paul Scherz
Publication : Notre Dame (Ind.) : University of Notre Dame press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-205 p.) ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for
aging and dying well, this is no longer the case. Today, aging is frequently seen
as a problem to be solved and death as a harsh reality to be masked. In part, our
cultural confusion is rooted in an inadequate conception of the human person, which
is based on a notion of absolute individual autonomy that cannot but fail in the face
of the dependency that comes with aging and decline at the end of life. To help correct
the ethical impoverishment at the root of our contemporary social confusion, The Evening
of Life provides an interdisciplinary examination of the challenges of aging and dying
well. It calls for a re-envisioning of cultural concepts, practices, and virtues that
embraces decline, dependency, and finitude rather than stigmatizes them. Bringing
together the work of sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, theologians, and
medical practitioners, this collection of essays develops an interrelated set of conceptual
tools to discuss the current challenges posed to aging and dying well, such as flourishing,
temporality, narrative, and friendship. Above all, it proposes a positive understanding
of thriving in old age that is rooted in our shared vulnerability as human beings.
It also suggests how some of these tools and concepts can be deployed to create a
medical system that better responds to our contemporary needs. The Evening of Life
will interest bioethicists, medical practitioners, clinicians, and othersinvolved
in the care of the aging and dying--from back cover
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Davis, Joseph E.. Éditeur scientifique
Scherz, Paul Joseph. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Fin de vie
Vieillissement
Accompagnement de la fin de vie
Indice(s) Dewey :
612.67 (23e éd.) = Vieillissement (physiologie humaine)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0268108013. - ISBN 0268108021. - ISBN 026810803X. - ISBN 9780268108014. - ISBN
9780268108021. - ISBN 9780268108038. - ISBN 9780268108045. - ISBN 0268108048
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468503325
Notice n° :
FRBNF46850332
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Table des matières : Introduction:. Toward an ethics of aging / / Joseph E. Davis ; ; Part I.. Our deficit
model of aging -- ; Devalued status of old age / / Joseph E. Davis ; ; Structural-ethical
source of the matter: The medical-industrial complex / / Sharon R. Kaufman ; ; Beyond
avoidance and autonomy / / Paul Scherz ; ; Part II.. LIving old age well -- ; Epiphanies,
small and large / / Wilfred M. McClay ; ; Contraction of time and existential awakening:
A phenomenology of authentic aging / / Kevin Aho ; ; End of the story: A narrativist
view of life's finale / / Charles Guignon ; ; Happiness and aging: an unlikely combination?
/ / Bryan S. Turner ; ; Part III.. Old age that goes well -- ; Friendship, citizenship,
and abandonment: older adults with dementia and without family caregivers / / Janelle
S. Taylor ; ; Priority of social and physical function: older adults in the CAPABLE
program / / Sarah L. Scanton and Janiece Taylor ; ; From diagnosis to person-focused
prognosis: Toward a healthy politicaleconomy of Aging in America / / Justin Mutter
