Thinking Through Dementia
Thinking Through Dementia
ISBN: |
9780199570669 |
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Paperback |
Published: |
25 Feb 2011 |
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$108.95 AUD
$124.99 NZD
Description
Thinking through Dementia offers a critique of the main models used to understand dementia-the biomedical, neuropsychological, and social constructionist. It discusses both clinical issues and cases, together with philosophical work that might help us better understand and treat this illness. Drawing on philosophical critique of models of dementia, as well as empirical data and clinical experience, the book unifies the biological, psychological, and social
accounts of illness and disease.
Highly original and thought provoking, this book will interest psychiatrists, philosophers, psychologists, and anyone involved in the care and management of those with dementia.
Highly original and thought provoking, this book will interest psychiatrists, philosophers, psychologists, and anyone involved in the care and management of those with dementia.
Contents
Introduction
1: The clinical surround: values and versions
2: The SEA view of persons
Mental states and normativity
3: The mind and the world
4: Normativity in the world
Models of dementia
5: The problem: models of dementia and normativity
6: Moving towards a solution: dementia and the normative world
7: The consequence: beyond models to the thing itself
Personhood and the world
8: From dementia-in-the-world to the human-person-perspective
9: Dilemmas in dementia: a framework and philosophical approach
10: Conversion and revolution
1: The clinical surround: values and versions
2: The SEA view of persons
Mental states and normativity
3: The mind and the world
4: Normativity in the world
Models of dementia
5: The problem: models of dementia and normativity
6: Moving towards a solution: dementia and the normative world
7: The consequence: beyond models to the thing itself
Personhood and the world
8: From dementia-in-the-world to the human-person-perspective
9: Dilemmas in dementia: a framework and philosophical approach
10: Conversion and revolution
Authors
Julian C. Hughes , Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and Honorary Professor of Philosophy of Ageing, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK
Reviews
`Review from previous edition Accessibly written by leading figures in dementia care, psychiatry, and philosophy, the book presents a unique examination of an illness that will affect our lives directly or indirectly and promotes a person-centered approach to dementia care. The book is recommended for a broad audience of health care providers and family caregivers.'
Helen Lavretsky MD, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 69:8 |d August 2008