Decision making, personhood, and dementia; examining the interface.

9781843105855

Decision making, personhood, and dementia; examining the interface.

Ed. by Deborah O'Connor and Barbara Purves.

Jessica Kingsley Pub.

2009

224 pages

$34.95

Paperback

RC521

Researchers and practitioners in medicine, social work, and allied fields from across the English-speaking world met in May 2007 to discuss connections between the three concepts. In 15 papers, they discuss narrative and decision-making, hunting good will in the wilderness, troubling notions of autonomy and personhood, dementia in the context of abuse, an Australian perspective on financial decision-making and dementia, exploring the decision-making process in formal support services, the communicative capacity of the body and clinical decision-making in dementia care, and other topics.

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