Ageism and Person-Centred Care

This thought-provoking book exposes the values, judgements, and hierarchies that underlie ageism in care settings. Destabilizing the assumption that biases like ageism are always bad, Buetow suggests that ageism is normatively neutral and that truly person-centred care requires situated acknowledgement of and responsiveness.

Stephen Buetow is Associate Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements 1 Introduction PART I Engagement with ageism in care 2 Factors predisposing to engagement with ageism 3 Barriers to engaging with ageism 4 Terror, ageism and sexuality PART II Propelling ageism forward in care 5 Revisiting bias: Drawing from history to advance ageism 6 Judging bias like ageism 7 Addressing biases akin to ageism: Offend sometimes, shame rarely 8 Moral values for engaging with bias and ageism 9 Prudent ageism: A person-centred approach