Moral frames for lives worth living
Managing the end of life with dementia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12095943 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natashe Lemos Dekker (0000-0001-5523-4523, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 322-328 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Death Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07481187.2017.1396644 |
| PMID | 29281562 |
| OpenAlex | W2777807341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 15 |
Narratives that frame the end of life with dementia as undignified reveal moral claims on which lives are considered worth living. These claims are deeply rooted in the medicalization of death and its appeal to dignity. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in nursing homes for people with dementia in The Netherlands, I demonstrate how the end of life with dementia is managed through such moral frames. Specifically, I elaborate on the production of lives (not) worth living and explore how family members welcomed the death of a loved one with dementia. I argue that the welcoming of death is not an act of indifference but can be seen as a form of care
Abandonment (legal · Appeal · Art · Dementia · Dignity · Disease · End-of-life care · Ethnography · Medicalization · Narrative · Palliative care · Personhood · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |