temporal lobe
Lobe at lateral-anterior area of the cerebrum. It governs and regulates memory, olfactory, recognition, sexual expression, etc.
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- June 2011: "The Alzheimer Cooperative Valuation in Europe"
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- December 2010: "The Joint Programming of research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (JPND). What progress so far?"
- June 2010: “Alzheimer’s disease and dementia as a national priority: contrasting approaches by France and the UK”
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- Policy on collaboration with other organisations
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- Genetic testing
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- Participation of people with dementia in research
- Stem Cell Research
- Ethics
- Dementia Ethics Network
- Definitions and approaches
- Ethical issues in practice
- The ethical issues linked to restrictions of freedom of people with dementia
- Preface
- Introduction
- Restriction of the freedom to choose one’s residence or place of stay
- Freedom to live in least restrictive environment
- The restriction of the freedom to act according to individual attitudes, values and lifestyle preferences
- The restriction of the freedom to play an active role in society
- Formal acknowledgements and disclaimer
- Appendices
- Glossary
- References
- Ethics of dementia research
- The dementia ethics research project
- Background, definitions and scope
- Involving people with dementia
- Informed consent to dementia research
- Protecting the wellbeing
- Risk, benefit, burden and paternalism
- Clinical trials
- Epidemiological research
- Genetic research
- Research into end-of-fe care
- The donation of brain and other tissue
- Publication and dissemination of research
- Glossary
- Annexes
- References
- The ethical issues linked to the use of assistive technology in dementia care
- End-of-Life care for people with dementia
- Advance directives and personhood
- The ethical issues linked to restrictions of freedom of people with dementia
- Research
- Value of Knowing
- European Collaboration on Dementia
- Cost of dementia
- The health economical context (Welfare theory)
- Health economic aspects of dementia
- The impact of informal care
- Cost of illness and burden of dementia
- Regional/National cost of illness estimates
- Prognosis to 2030
- Sensitivity analysis
- Other European cost of illness estimates
- Regional Patterns: The societal costs of dementia in Sweden
- Regional patterns: The economic environment of Alzheimer's disease in France
- Regional patterns: Economic environment of Alzheimer’s disease in Mediterranean countries
- Regional patterns: Socio-economic impact of dementia and resourse utilisation in Hungary
- Conclusions and policy implications
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