Chapter 13 Ageism in the Health Care System: Providers, Patients, and Systems Mary F. Wyman, Sharon Shiovitz-Ezra, and Jürgen Bengel 13.1 Introduction According to the World Health Organization, 23.1% of the global burden of disease (measured in disability-adjusted life...
Definition Ageism in healthcare refers to “negative or positive stereotypes, prejudice and/or discrimination against (or to the advantage of) health care users on the basis of users’ chronological age or on the basis of a perception of users as being ‘old,’‘too old,’‘young’ or ‘to...
1.1. Ageism: definition and determinants Ageism is a complex and prevalent phenomenon in most cultures and is associated with negative consequences in different contexts such as the workplace, the healthcare and welfare systems, and others [3]. Although the term ageism was first defined as “prej...
Ageist discrimination is evident in the workplace and in healthcare. Ageism is perpetuated by negative stereotypes in popular culture and the media. Proposed explanations of the origins of ageism include terror management theory and justification theories. Keywords: aging; discrimination; prejudice; ...
Ageismis a fairly recent coinage on the analogy of ‘racism’ and ‘sexism.’ The definition of ageism – treating a person less favorably than others because of his or herchronological age– gives an indication of its meaning, but in fact its implications are more complex than this approximat...
Time definition of this process is very difficult, because the life situation of an individual human being significantly changes its course. In the evaluat... A Saracen,W Fidecki - 《Medicina Internacia Revuo》 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 Effects of Ageism on Individual and Health Care Providers'...
摘要: Focuses on the problem of ageism cited by medical students in Britain. Definition of ageism; Prejudice against old patients; Comparison of attitudes to the care of the elderly between junior doctors and clinical medical students.被引量: 2 ...
Ageism Unmaskedwill help readers reset our expectations for getting old…providing the tools to anticipate and experience elderhood as a time of renewed meaning and purpose, empowering each of us to create our own definition of successful aging. ...
Labeling older adults as vulnerable therefore is only helpful, when it is used to raise awareness of the widespread ageism in society, in this context, especially in the setting of health care, and the negative consequences thereof for older adults....
Definition Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination on the basis of age. Ageism The Concept of Ageism In1969, American psychiatrist Robert Butler coined the term “ageism” to mean “prejudice by one age group toward other age groups” (243). He made explicit parallels to racism and social cl...