How Long to Read Autonomy and Long-term Care

How Long Does it Take to Read Autonomy and Long-term Care?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Autonomy and Long-term Care by George J. Agich

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The realities and misconceptions of long-term care and the challenges it presents for the ethics of autonomy are analyzed in this perceptive work. While defending the concept of autonomy, the author argues that the standard view of autonomy as non-interference and independence has only a limited applicability for long-term care. He explains that autonomy should be understood as a comprehensiveness that defines the overall course of a person's life rather than as a way of responding to an isolated situation. Agich distinguishes actual and ideal autonomy and argues that actual autonomy is better revealed in the everyday experiences of long-term care than in dramatic, conflict-ridden paradigm situations such as decisions to institutionalize, to initiate aggressive treatments, or to withhold or to withdraw life-sustaining treatments. Through a phenomenological analysis of long-term care, he develops an ethical framework for it by showing how autonomy is actually manifest in certain structural features of the social world of long-term care. Throughout this timely work, the rich sociological and anthropological literature on aging and long-term care is referenced and the practical ethical questions of promoting and enhancing the exercise of autonomy are addressed.

How long is Autonomy and Long-term Care?

Autonomy and Long-term Care by George J. Agich is 238 pages long, and a total of 61,404 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Autonomy and Long-term Care Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 35 minutes to read Autonomy and Long-term Care aloud.

What Reading Level is Autonomy and Long-term Care?

Autonomy and Long-term Care is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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