ISSN Series: | Values-Based Practice | Discipline: | Psychiatry | Subject Definition: | Aging-Psychology; Dementia | NLM Class: | WM 220 | LC Class: | RC521 | Abstract: | This book represents a new turn in approaching dementia. It is a manifesto which sets out important principles about the nature of dementia both as a disease and as a disability and explores how a values-based, person-centred and rights-based approach can be applied to every aspect of the experience of dementia. Using vignettes, the book covers a variety of issues such as diagnosis, treatment, care, social attitudes, research, public policy and funding. It reflects the considerations of the patient and their carers as well as the perspectives of healthcare professionals, researchers and policy makers. |
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