Austin, A. orcid.org/0000-0003-0128-7018 (2018) Living well with dementia together : affiliation as a fertile functioning. Public Health Ethics, 11 (2). pp. 139-150. ISSN 1754-9973
Abstract
Justice requires that public policy improve the lives of disadvantaged members of society. Dementia is a source of disadvantage, and a growing global public health challenge. This article examines the theoretical and ethical connections between theories of justice and public dementia policy. Disability in general, and dementia in particular, poses important challenges for theories of justice, especially social contract theories. First, the article argues that non-contractarian accounts of justice such as the Capabilities and Disadvantage approaches are better equipped than their contractarian counterparts to analyse issues of justice and dementia. Secondly, using a capabilities framework, I analyse original empirical data from qualitative interviews and discussion groups with health and social care professionals. The article concludes that social connection is a ‘fertile functioning’—a multiplier of advantage that enables people to live well with dementia together—and should therefore be a priority for public dementia policy.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Public Health Ethics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Dementia; Disadvantage; Justice; Capability; Social Contract |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Sep 2019 13:11 |
Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2019 20:26 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/phe/phw045 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:150946 |