Alzheimer's disease, media representations, and the politics of euthanasia : constructing risk and selling death in an ageing society / Megan-Jane Johnstone.
2016
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Alzheimer's disease, media representations, and the politics of euthanasia : constructing risk and selling death in an ageing society / Megan-Jane Johnstone.
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
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1 online resource (xxii, 223 pages)
Formatted 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.
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.
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First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-213) and index.
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Taylor & Francis Online
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English
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9781315566634 (e-book : PDF)
9781317182429 (e-book: Mobi)
9781317182436 (e-book: ePub)
9781409451921 (hardback)
9781138271852 (paperback)
9781317182429 (e-book: Mobi)
9781317182436 (e-book: ePub)
9781409451921 (hardback)
9781138271852 (paperback)
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