Häftad, Engelska, 1997

Social Construction of Dementia

Confused Professionals?

Av Colin Palfrey, Nancy Harding

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Beskrivning

In this study the social construction of dementia is examined closely for the first time. Nancy Harding and Colin Palfrey show how Western society sees dementia as a disease, rather than a natural part of the ageing process. They take issue with the constructed view of the body as a machine, whose parts 'break down' and need replacement. Furthermore, the authors argue, the various explanations of the causes of dementia are nothing but speculation dressed up as theories, which serve only to confuse the carers.Based on an intensive three-year-long evaluation of a community care service for older people with dementia, `The Social Construction of Dementia' looks at the experience of users and providers alike, and provides a refreshing new viewpoint on the `disease' of dementia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 1997-07-01
Mått: 152 x 228 x 14 mm
Vikt: 280 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 184
Förlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 9781853022579

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Nancy Harding is a Lecturer at Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds University. Colin Palfrey is Education Consultant at the Institute of Health Care Studies, University of Wales, Swansea.

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The book deserves to be widely read by sociologists, medical practioners, social workers, nurses, and others: it provides alternative understandings of dementia upon which new forms of practice might be developed. Most important, however is the challenge with which the book confronts its readers: to deconstruct their own fears of ageing, dying and death, and reflect upon embeddedness of these fears in the contemporary culture of late capitalism.

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