Alzheimer's Disease, Media Representations and the Politics of Euthanasia: Constructing Risk and Selling Death in an Ageing Society
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables and Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 The Alzheimerization of the Euthanasia Debate -- 2 The Incidence and Impact of Alzheimer's Disease -- 3 Media Representations, Metaphors, and the Stigmatization of Alzheimer's Disease -- 4 Curbing Demand for Acute Healthcare Services -- 5 The Euthanasia Option -- 6 Mobilizing Political Support for the Legalization of Euthanasia -- 7 Propaganda, 'Dirty Tricks' Fallacies, and Opposing Points-of-View -- 8 Selling Death -- 9 Alzheimer's Disease and Euthanasia as a Symbolic System of Control -- 10 Euthanasia Politics and Public Opinion -- Bibliography -- Index.