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The moral challenge of Alzheimer disease : ethical issues from diagnosis to dying /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Post, Stephen Garrard, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Alzheimer Disease.
Ethics, Medical.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.