The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying
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Book Overview
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 dilemmas. How are we to view--and value--persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities? In the second edition of The Moral Challenge...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801864100
ISBN13:9780801864100
Release Date:September 2000
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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The Impact of Alzheimer's
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This book really makes you think about the impact of Alzheimer's Disease on the patient and on you as the caregiver. It is not an "easy read", but it is a worthwhile book to read and to come back to as you deal with the disease.
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