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Decision-making, personhood, and dementia : exploring the interface /
Dementia is a devastating disorder which may dramatically interfere with decision-making abilities. Effort has focused on trying to determine when a person is no longer capable of making particular decisions or is globally incompetent. However, much less focus has been placed on understanding how th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Dementia is a devastating disorder which may dramatically interfere with decision-making abilities. Effort has focused on trying to determine when a person is no longer capable of making particular decisions or is globally incompetent. However, much less focus has been placed on understanding how the capacity to make decisions influences one's view of oneself, one's world and one's treatment by others. This book aims to broaden discussion around this issue by moving beyond a focus on notions of capability and competence to explore the importance of personhood and the underlying complexities of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781846429408 1846429404 |