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Ethical Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer Disease
Ruth B Purtilo
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Description for Ethical Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer Disease
Paperback. , Creighton University Medical Center. Editor(s): Purtilo, Ruth B.; Have, Henk A. M. J. ten. Num Pages: 396 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBP; MJND; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Alzheimer disease afflicts more than twelve million people worldwide, and its incidence is increasing at a staggering rate. People with the disorder are living longer than have those in previous generations, and they require interventions for quality-of-life issues associated with palliative care. However, the symptoms of Alzheimer disease often fail to place such persons into settings where palliative care resources are available to them. Indeed, clinicians and other caregivers may be unsure about what constitutes effective palliation in these cases. At the same time, the ethical issues involved in providing end-of-life care to persons with Alzheimer disease remain on the ... Read more
Alzheimer disease afflicts more than twelve million people worldwide, and its incidence is increasing at a staggering rate. People with the disorder are living longer than have those in previous generations, and they require interventions for quality-of-life issues associated with palliative care. However, the symptoms of Alzheimer disease often fail to place such persons into settings where palliative care resources are available to them. Indeed, clinicians and other caregivers may be unsure about what constitutes effective palliation in these cases. At the same time, the ethical issues involved in providing end-of-life care to persons with Alzheimer disease remain on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801898396
SKU
V9780801898396
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About Ruth B Purtilo
Ruth B. Purtilo, Ph.D., is James Marsh Presidential Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont and a professor emerita of the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Henk A.M.J. ten Have, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of medical ethics at the University Medical Centre Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, UNESCO, Paris.
Reviews for Ethical Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer Disease
The editors ought to be congratulated for creating a space that allows us to retell our individual and social stories of dying with dementia.
Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D New England Journal of Medicine Books like this, which take a global view of the effects of disease, are much needed. All of us working in palliative care would benefit from ... Read more
Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D New England Journal of Medicine Books like this, which take a global view of the effects of disease, are much needed. All of us working in palliative care would benefit from ... Read more