The Experiences of the Central Texas Elderly and Animal-Assisted Interventions in Assisted-Living Facilities via Medicalization
dc.contributor.advisor | Brunson, Emily K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Yonce, Heather Nicole | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Schoch-Spana, Monica | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hartwig, Elizabeth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-06T16:15:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-06T16:15:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Medicalization is defined as a "process in which personal and social problems and behaviors have come to be viewed as diseases or medical problems that the medical and allied health professionals have a mandate to 'trea'" (Kaufman 1994, 45-46). Medicalization is enacted on many diverse populations within the United States, but not much has been written in regards to elderly persons living in assisted-living facilities. This thesis considers this topic. Drawing primarily on interviews with elderly residents of four assisted-living facilities in central Texas, it considers how these individuals experience the medicalization associated with aging. It further considers how, though Animal-Assisted Intervention (AAI), the residents are offered a means to resist the process of control inherent to medicalization and regain a sense of self. | |
dc.description.department | Anthropology | |
dc.format | Text | |
dc.format.extent | 48 pages | |
dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
dc.identifier.citation | Yonce, H. N. (2016). The experiences of the central Texas elderly and animal-assisted interventions in assisted-living facilities via medicalization (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/6397 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | medicalization | |
dc.subject | elderly | |
dc.subject | assisted-living | |
dc.subject | animal-assisted interventions | |
dc.subject | AAI | |
dc.subject | anthropology | |
dc.subject | medical Anthropology | |
dc.title | The Experiences of the Central Texas Elderly and Animal-Assisted Interventions in Assisted-Living Facilities via Medicalization | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
thesis.degree.department | Anthropology | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Anthropology | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas State University | |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts |