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Pride or prejudice?
— gay men, lesbians and dementia | | Author(s) | Elizabeth Price |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 38, no 6, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1337-1352 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Sexual orientation ; Older men ; Older women ; Dementia ; Attitude ; Social workers ; Informal care ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | Social workers have a professional obligation to empower service users to make independent decisions and life choices and to respect their individual lifestyle preferences. This commitment to anti-oppressive practice can be challenged when working with people who have dementia, and may be particularly difficult to effectively adhere to when those diagnosed, and/or their carers, do not fit what might be described as societal norms. This article explores some of the links between a non-heterosexual identity, ageing, cognitive loss and the challenges these intersecting identities may produce for social work practitioners. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081217215 A |
| Classmark | ES6: BC: BD: EA: DP: QR: P6: 3DP |
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