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How We Think about Dementia: Personhood, Rights, Ethics, the Arts and What They Mean for Care
Contributor(s): Hughes, Julian C. (Author)
ISBN: 1849054770     ISBN-13: 9781849054775
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Neurology
- Medical | Nursing - Gerontology
Dewey: 616.83
LCCN: 2013050309
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 248 pages
 
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Exploring concepts of ageing, personhood, capacity, liberty, best interests and the nature and ethics of palliative care, this book will help those in the caring professions to understand and engage with the thoughts and arguments underpinning the experience of dementia and dementia care.

Dementia is associated with ageing: what is the significance of this? People speak about person-centred care, but what is personhood and how can it be maintained? What is capacity, and how is it linked with the way a person with dementia is cared for as a human being? How should we think about the law in relation to the care of older people? Is palliative care the right approach to dementia, and if so what are the consequences of this view? What role can the arts play in ensuring quality of life for people with dementia?

In answering such questions, Julian Hughes brings our attention back to the philosophical and ethical underpinnings of dementia care, shedding new light on the significance and implications for those in the caring professions, academics and researchers, and those living with dementia and their families.


Contributor Bio(s): Hughes, Julian C.: - Julian C. Hughes is a consultant in Old Age Psychiatry at North Tyneside General Hospital and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Institute for Ageing and Health at the University of Newcastle. He is currently the Chair of the Philosophy Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He also held a short-term Fellowship in 2003 from the Wellcome Trust to consider quality of life in dementia.