| Description |
xxii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Alzheimerization of the Euthanasia Debate -- 2.The Incidence and Impact of Alzheimer's Disease -- 3.Media Representations, Metaphors, and the Stigmatization of Alzheimer's Disease -- 4.Curbing Demand for Acute Healthcare Services -- 5.The Euthanasia Option -- 6.Mobilizing Political Support for the Legalization of Euthanasia -- 7.Propaganda, ̀Dirty Tricks' Fallacies, and Opposing Points-of-View -- 8.Selling Death -- 9.Alzheimer's Disease and Euthanasia as a Symbolic System of Control -- 10.Euthanasia Politics and Public Opinion |
| Summary |
Paving the way for a greater level of intellectual honesty with regard to an issue carrying significant policy implications, this book will be of interest to scholars of media and communication, social movements and political communication, and the sociology of health and medicine, as well as researchers and professionals in the fields of palliative and end of life care |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-213) and index |
| Subject |
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care.
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Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Alzheimer's disease -- Public opinion.
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Euthanasia -- Law and legislation.
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Euthanasia -- Public opinion.
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Health in mass media.
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Mass media and public opinion.
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Medical ethics.
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| LC no. |
2012034192 |
| ISBN |
9781409451921 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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(ebook) |
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