Self-Neglecting Elders

A Clinical Dilemma
Herausgeber: Rathbone-McCuan, Eloise; Fabian, Dorothy R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is the first comprehensive work on the prevalent geriatric problem of self-neglect. It contains original clinical research and analyzes the medical, psychological, and social aspects of geriatric self-neglect from various perspectives of professionals within the geriatric field.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9780865690479
• ISBN-10: 0865690472
• Artikelnr.: 21344429

Autorenporträt

ELOISE RATHBONE-McCUAN is Associate Chief of Social Work Service at the Colmery-O'Neil V.A. Medical Center and Adjunct Professor of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. She is co-author (with Joan Hashimi) of Isolated Elders (1982) and co-editor (with Betty Havens) of North American Elders (Greenwood Press, 1988). DOROTHY R. FABIAN is a gerontologist-consultant with the Geriatric Hip Fracture Program at the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute in New York. She has directed programs in long-term care and case management in support of community living for frail elderly and is the co-editor (with Anne Somers) of The Geriatric Imperative (1981).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface Overview Elder Self
Neglect: a Blurred Concept A General Framework for Elder Self
Neglect Systems Considerations Ethical Issues in Working with Self
Neglect Psychiatric and Biomedical Considerations in Self
Neglect A Family Systems Perspective of Self
Neglect Special Risks and Subgroups Institutional Care Settings and Self
Neglect Older Developmentally Disabled Adults and Self
Neglect Geriatric Alcoholism and Self
Neglect Geriatric Protective Services and Self
Neglect Conclusion Research and Clinical Directions in Self
Neglect Bibliography Index