Stefano Cavalli

Dr. Stefano Cavalli

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Academic Career Length

25Years (2002-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2007 in Gérontologie et société
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Stefano Cavalli
Toute société produit un ou quelques modèles qui organisent le déroulement des vies humaines; des systèmes de normes dont découlent des rôles d’âge ainsi que des transitions associées à des âges typiques. Si, au cours de la première moitié du XXe siècle, le modèle institué de parcours de vie est devenu plus normatif et standardisé chronologiquement, depuis quelques décennies s’observe une tendance à la dérégulation des trajectoires de vie et l’existence même d’un modèle organisateur de la vie humaine est remise en cause. Après un survol de ce débat, l’auteur développe la thèse selon laquelle une plus grande variabilité des trajectoires individuelles ne suppose pas forcément un déclin de la structuration sociale du déroulement de la vie humaine; il y aurait aujourd’hui un modèle de parcours de vie normatif (institutionnalisé) qui serait en même temps individualisé (déstandardisé).

1 August 2008 in Journal of Aging Studies
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KHKarine Henchoz
Karine Henchoz
SCStefano Cavalli
Stefano Cavalli
MGMyriam Girardin
Myriam Girardin

1 September 2014 in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
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CLCatherine Ludwig
Catherine Ludwig
SCStefano Cavalli
Stefano Cavalli
MOMichel Oris
Michel Oris

28 May 2021 in Death Studies
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JDJocelyn Downie
Jocelyn Downie
MGMona Gupta
Mona Gupta
SCStefano Cavalli
Stefano Cavalli
SBSamuel Blouin
Samuel Blouin
Euthanasia, assisted suicide, medical assistance in dying, death with dignity: these and many other different terms are used around the world to capture various types of assistance in dying. This diversity in terminology can create confusion both in academic debates and in policy-making if it is unclear what type of action or inaction is intended to be captured, by whom, and under what circumstances. By defining and contrasting several terms and legal status of assistance in dying in jurisdictions authorizing it, this comparative glossary aims to lay a foundation that prevents linguistic and conceptual confusion.

9 July 2007 in International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
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Stefano Cavalli
JBJean-François Bickel
Jean-François Bickel
CDChristian J. Lalive D´ePinay
Christian J. Lalive D´ePinay
This paper focuses on relational exclusion (i.e. isolation and non-participation in social activities) in very old age. Based on a five-year study of an octogenarian cohort, the authors investigate the impact of three critical life events (deterioration of health, death of a close relative, entry into a nursing home) on relational life and social involvement. With advancing age, older people withdraw from some social activities, but their relationships with their family and friends remain stable. Life events have a stimulative effect on the support network (especially of family), and only the deterioration of health curbs social activity. This would seem to confirm the existence of a process of disengagement stemming more from the older people’s functional or sensory disabilities than from an individual choice.

5 February 2018 in Gérontologie et société
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AMAnastasia Meidani
Anastasia Meidani
SCStefano Cavalli
Stefano Cavalli