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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dementia and aging. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1992 (OCoLC)903739363 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert H Binstock; Stephen Garrard Post; Peter J Whitehouse |
ISBN: | 080184424X 9780801844249 0801845459 9780801845451 |
OCLC Number: | 25205954 |
Description: | xviii, 184 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Challenges of dementia / Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post and Peter J. Whitehouse -- Dementia: the medical perspective / Peter J. Whitehouse -- Experience of being demented / Joseph M. Foley -- Seeing and knowing dementia / David H. Smith -- Human dignity, dementia, and the moral basis of caregiving / Richard J. Martin and Stephen G. Post -- Autonomy revisited: the limits of anticipatory choices / Rebecca S. Dresser -- Critical view of ethical dilemmas in dementia / Harry R. Moody -- Mercy killing of elderly people with dementia: a counterproposal / David C. Thomasma -- Euthanasia in Alzheimer's disease? / Margaret P. Battin -- Dementia and appropriate care: allocating scarce resources / Daniel Callahan -- Politics of developing appropriate care for dementia / Robert H. Binstock and Thomas H. Murray -- Alzheimer's disease: current policy initiatives / Gene D. Cohen. |
Responsibility: | edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, Peter J. Whitehouse. |
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" Dementia and Aging will become a standard introduction to what Lewis Thomas called 'the disease of the century'... Gerontologists will benefit from reading [this] collection [dealing] with a multifaceted problem from diverse perspectives. Gerontologist The diversity of thought and opinions represented in this book is its major strength. the contributing authors are..acknowledged experts in their respective fields; the chapters are well written and edited. Each section provides insights into an important aspect of Alzheimer disease. Opposing views on euthanasia and alternative proposals for health care reform are fairly presented. the reader is left with a better understanding of the complex and evolving nature of decision-making required in the care of patients with Alzheimer disease. Annals of Internal Medicine Read more...


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