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2007: Social support systems
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- 2016: Ethical issues linked to the changing definitions/use of terms related to Alzheimer’s disease
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- Preface
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- The new AD definitions and the ethical implications of the way we represent health and disease
- Personal identity and personhood
- Ethical issues linked to diagnosis, healthcare and research
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- Appendix 1: Acknowledgements
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- 2015: Ethical dilemmas faced by professionals providing dementia care in care homes and hospitals
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- 2014: Ethical dilemmas faced by carers and people with dementia
- Foreword
- PART 1 - Introduction
- About ethics
- PART 2 - Ethical dilemmas from the first possible signs of dementia onwards
- The period of uncertainty/not knowing (pre-diagnosis)
- The process of understanding/finding out (diagnosis)
- The initial period of adaptation (shortly after diagnosis)
- Living with dementia (getting on with routine life/adapting to challenges)
- Caring for/receiving care (when increased levels of support are needed)
- The possible transition into a care home (when continued care at home becomes problematic)
- Care for a dignified end of life
- PART 3 - Tackling ethical dilemmas
- Establish and maintain an on-going dialogue involving everyone involved or concerned about the particular issue
- Try to understand the issue and seek additional information if needed
- Try to make sense of people’s needs, wishes and concerns (i.e. what is really important to them or bothering them)
- Consider and evaluate the ethical principles and values at stake in relation to the individuals involved (including yourself) and the specific situa...
- Reflect together on possible outcomes which might be good or bad for different people concerned, bearing in mind their lived experiences
- Take a stance, act accordingly and, bearing in mind that you did your best, try to come to terms with the outcome
- Reflect on the resolution of the dilemma and what you have learnt from the experience
- References
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- 2013: The ethical issues linked to the perceptions and portrayal of dementia and people with dementia
- 2012: 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
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- 2011: Ethics of dementia research
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