Dementia and Aging
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"The diversity of thought and opinions represented in this book is its major strength. the contributing authors are... acknowledged experts in their respective fields; the chapters are well written and edited. Each section provides insights into an important aspect of Alzheimer disease... Opposing views on euthanasia and alternative proposals for health care reform are fairly presented. the reader is left with a better understanding of the complex and evolving nature of decision-making required in the care of patients with Alzheimer disease." -- Annals of Internal Medicine "A standard…mehr

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"The diversity of thought and opinions represented in this book is its major strength. the contributing authors are... acknowledged experts in their respective fields; the chapters are well written and edited. Each section provides insights into an important aspect of Alzheimer disease... Opposing views on euthanasia and alternative proposals for health care reform are fairly presented. the reader is left with a better understanding of the complex and evolving nature of decision-making required in the care of patients with Alzheimer disease." -- Annals of Internal Medicine "A standard introduction to what Lewis Thomas called 'the disease of the century'... Gerontologists will benefit from reading (this) collection (dealing) with a multifaceted problem from diverse perspectives." -- The Gerontologist
Autorenporträt
Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., is a professor of Aging, Health, and Society at Case Western Reserve University. Stephen G. Post is the director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. He is the author of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying.