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245 00 $aValuing older people :$ba humanist approach to ageing /$cedited by Ricca Edmondson and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz.
260 $aBristol, UK ;$aPortland, OR :$bPolicy Press,$c2009.
300 $axi, 298 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword / Judith Phillips -- Introduction / Ricca Edmondson and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz -- Pt. 1. Religion, spirituality, cultural resources and creating meaning -- 1. Religious belonging and spiritual questioning: a Western European perspective on ageing and religion / Peter G. Coleman -- 2. Spirituality: a means for achieving integration in personal and community spheres in an ageing Singapore / Kalyani K. Mehta -- 3. Integrating the sacred in creative ageing / Michele Dillon -- 4. Atheist convictions, Christian beliefs or 'keeping things open'? Patterns of world views among three generations in East German families / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- 5. Beyond dialogue: entering the fourth space in old age / Haim Hazan -- Pt. 2. Norms, values and gerontology -- 6. The long road to a moralisation of old age / Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz -- 7. How to balance generations: solidarity dilemmas in a European perspective / Svein Olav Daatland -- 8. Pension systems and the challenge of population ageing: what does the public think? / Dina Frommert, Dirk Hofacker, Thorsten Heien and Hans-Jurgen Andress -- 9. Ethos of care and environment in long-stay care settings: impacts on residents' lives / Adeline Cooney and Kathy Murphy -- 10. Engineering substantially prolonged human lifespans: biotechnological enhancement and ethics / Peter Derkx -- Pt. 3. Ageing and wisdom? Conflicts and contested developments -- 11. Wisdom: a humanist approach to valuing older people / Ricca Edmondson -- 12. Social practices, moral frameworks and religious values in the lives of older people / Carmel Gallagher -- 13. 'Woo-hoo, what a ride!' Older people, life stories and active ageing / Lorna Warren and Amanda Clarke -- 14. Does eldership mean anything in the contemporary West? / James Nichol -- 15. Talk about old age, health and morality / Outi Jolanki -- 16. Exploring positive images of ageing: the production of calendars / Eileen Fairhurst and Sue Baines -- 17. Gateways to humanistic gerontology / Ronald J. Manheimer.
650 0 $aOlder people$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aPopulation aging$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aGerontology$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aGerontology$xPhilosophy.
700 1 $aEdmondson, Ricca.
700 1 $aKondratowitz, Hans-Joachim von.
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