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The moral challenge of Alzheimer disease / Stephen G. Post.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1995.Description: viii, 142 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0801851742 (hc : acidb-sfree paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC523 .P67 1995
Contents:
Introduction: Thinking about Forgetfulness -- Dementia, Discourse Ethics, and Well-Being -- The Challenge of Respect and Beneficence -- Familial Caregiving and the Ethics of Behavior Control -- Fairhill Guidelines on Ethics and the Care of People with Alzheimer Disease -- Presymptomatic Testing: An Amniocentesis for Elderly Persons -- Quality of Life, Treatment Burdens, and the Right to Comfort -- Dementia, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-140) and index.

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Introduction: Thinking about Forgetfulness -- Dementia, Discourse Ethics, and Well-Being -- The Challenge of Respect and Beneficence -- Familial Caregiving and the Ethics of Behavior Control -- Fairhill Guidelines on Ethics and the Care of People with Alzheimer Disease -- Presymptomatic Testing: An Amniocentesis for Elderly Persons -- Quality of Life, Treatment Burdens, and the Right to Comfort -- Dementia, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia.