The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease : Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying /

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"Society today, writes Stephen Post, is'hypercognitive': it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, which over an extended period incrementally rob patients of exactly those functions, raise many...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Post, Stephen G. (Stephen Garrard), 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Alzheimer's disease > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics
Alzheimer's disease.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Alzheimer's & Dementia.
Maladie d'Alzheimer.
Éthique medicale.
Maladie d'Alzheimer > Aspect moral.
Ethics, Medical
Alzheimer Disease
Medical ethics.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The moral challenge of Alzheimer disease : defining the task
  • The family caregiver : partnership in hope
  • Fairhill Guidelines on ethics and the care of people with Alzheimer disease / with Peter J. Whitehouse
  • Genetic education for a too-hopeful public
  • The humane goal : enhancing the well-being of persons with dementia
  • Dying with dignity : the case against artificial nutrition and hydration / with Margaret M. Circirella
  • An argument against assisted suicide and euthanasia in the context of progressive dementia
  • Toward a new ethics of dementia care.

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