Living Out a Life's Meaning

The literature on aging has grown exponentially in recent years, accompanied by a slew of reports providing data detailing progress, challenges, and opportunities in caring for the aging. Yet such reports too often omit the lived experience of older persons and in-depth discussion of the particular...

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Autor principal: Gallagher, Ann 1960- (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Review
Idioma:Inglês
Verificar disponibilidade: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado em: 2021
Em: The Hastings Center report
Ano: 2021, Volume: 51, Número: 6, Páginas: 56-57
Outras palavras-chave:B Values
B Bioethics
B Virtues
B Self-development
B Authenticity
B Narratives
B Interpersonal relationships
B Older people
B Aging
B Caregiving
B Dying
B Resenha
B Personhood
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Resumo:The literature on aging has grown exponentially in recent years, accompanied by a slew of reports providing data detailing progress, challenges, and opportunities in caring for the aging. Yet such reports too often omit the lived experience of older persons and in-depth discussion of the particular challenges and opportunities that arise within what Janelle S. Taylor calls “moral laboratories.” The Evening of Life: The Challenges of Aging and Dying Well, a volume edited by Joseph E. Davis and Paul Scherz and to which Taylor is a contributor, helps fill this gap. With expert analyses from social scientists, philosophers, and health care professionals, the book contains evocative stories that facilitate reflection on the complexity, ambiguity, and diversity of being in later years.
ISSN:1552-146X
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1002/hast.1308