Journal of Aging Studies articles from December 2000

Journal of Aging Studies archives from December 2000

"OLD" VERSUS "LITTLE GIRL": A Discursive Approach to Age Categorization and Morality.
December 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION There is no researchable, discussable old age in the manifold of reality unless categories of language inscribe it there. (Green 1993) In recent years, qualitative research into aging and the life span has witnessed an...

OLD AGE AS A CHOICE AND AS A NECESSITY: Two Interpretative Repertoires.
December 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Life in modern Western society routinely takes certain paths that vary according to our age. With increasing age, we move from one status and one role to another. Our age influences perceptions of our obligations and rights...

CORRELATES OF PRIMARY ORIENTATIONS OF VOLUNTEER OMBUDSMEN IN NURSING FACILITIES.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Earlier in this decade in their work on older volunteers, Fischer and Schaffer (1993) observed that voluntarism, as a field of research, was relatively new and quite limited. More recently, however, an entire chapter on...

MR. FRANKS REFUSES SURGERY: Cognition and Values in Competency Determination in Complex Cases.
December 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION The assessment of competency to consent to treatment in elderly adults with complex presentations can be challenging and requires attention to both cognitive abilities and personal values. This article and the two that...

THE ASSESSMENT OF VALUES IN MEDICAL DECISION MAKING.
December 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION This article addresses the importance of and challenges for the assessment of values for medical decision making. The emphasis on patient autonomy in today's health care system including mandates to educate patients about...

CHALLENGES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF DECISION-MAKING CAPACITY.
December 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION We are all presumed to be competent upon reaching the legal age of adulthood (unless otherwise established), at which time we are permitted to vote, sign binding contracts, and so on. Competence is both a legal and societal...