Dementia : a global approach /

"Growth in the incidence of dementia presents major challenges to global healthcare systems. As the burden of dementia in non-Western cultures grows, developing nations are expected to overtake developed nations in terms of dementia prevalence. Insights from developing nations and transcultural...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Krishnamoorthy, Ennapadam S., 1966- (Editor ), Prince, Martin (Martin James), 1960- (Editor ), Cummings, Jeffrey L., 1948- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Dementia.
Cross-cultural studies.
Dementia > epidemiology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Dementia > therapy
Dementia
Démence.
Études transculturelles.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Alzheimer's & Dementia.
MEDICAL > Neurology.
Dementia > Treatment
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. The aging brain and mind: cultural and anthropological perspectives / Kua Ee Heok
  • 2. Mild cognitive impairment: current concepts and cross cultural issues / Seethalakshmi Ramanathan and Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy
  • 3. Alzheimer's Disease: the African American story / Hugh Hendrie
  • 4. Vascular cognitive impairment: 4A. The syndrome of vascular cognitive impairment: current concepts / J.V. Bowler
  • 4B. Debate: is vascular dementia more common in some parts of the world? / Yes Suvarna Alladi
  • No R. Stewart
  • 5. Cross cultural issues of global significance: 5A. Infections and dementia
  • the view from a developing nation / P. Satishchandra and Vijayan Joy
  • 5B. Nutrition and dementia
  • where is the nexus? / Alan D. Dangour and Ricardo Uauy
  • 6. Assessment: 6A. The experience of assessing cognition across cultures / Kathleen S. Hall
  • 6B. Assessing behavior in dementia across cultures / Vorapun Senanarong and Jeffrey L. Cummings
  • 7. Psychosocial factors: 7A. Quality of life in dementia: global perspective and transcultural issues / Caroline Selai, Demetris Pillas and Annabel Dodds
  • 7B. Caregiving for dementia: global perspectives and transcultural issues / T. Alphons, E.S. Krishnamoorthy and K. Gomez
  • 7C. Care arrangements for patients with dementia: China / Helen Chiu, Joshua Tsoh and Xin Yu
  • 8. Service delivery and management: 8A. Dementia services: developing rural and remote services / Sadanand Rajkumar and Julia Lane
  • 8B. Non-pharmacological approachs: patient centred approaches / S. Kalyanasundaram
  • 9. The clinical approach to the person with dementia: 9A. Perú (South America) / Mariella Guerra
  • 9B. Nigeria / Richard Uwakwe
  • 9C. Australia / David Ames and Eleanor Flynn
  • 9D. The United States of America/ Jeffrey L. Cummings
  • 9E. Japan / Akira Homma
  • 9F. China / Joshua Tsoh, Helen Chiu and Xin Yu
  • 10. Raising global awareness: the role of non-governmental organisations: 10A. The role of NGOs in raising awareness: Alzheimer's Disease International / Marc Wortmann
  • 10B. Perspectives from a developing nation / Jacob Roy Kuriakose
  • 11. The contribution of cross-cultural research to dementia care and policy
  • an overview, focusing on the work of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group / Martin J. Prince
  • Index.

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