Nancy Harding, Colin Palfrey

The Social Construction of Dementia

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781853022579
• ISBN-10: 1853022578
• Artikelnr.: 21120672

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Evaluating the Care of People with Dementia: Beyond the Biomedical
Paradigm. 2. Methodological Framework: Social Constructionism. 3. What is
Dementia? The Medical Model. 4. Interpreting Dementia: Psychological and
Linguistic Models. 5. The Scientific Construction of the `Disease' of
Dementia. 6. Medical Diagnosis and the Construction of Dementia. 7. Society
and the Construction of Dementia: The Sociology of the Dementing Body. 8.
The Social Construction of Dementia. Appendix. References. Further Reading.
Index.