Christine Bryden

Will I Still Be Me?

Finding a Continuing Sense of Self in the Lived Experience of Dementia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Christine Bryden was diagnosed with dementia in 1995, but her experiences do not reflect the mainstream discourse of loss of self while living with dementia. In this book she explains why people with dementia have a meaningful and continuing sense of self and calls for a different understanding of dementia that results in greater inclusion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 141mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 171g
• ISBN-13: 9781785925559
• ISBN-10: 1785925555
• Artikelnr.: 51519727

Autorenporträt

Christine Bryden was diagnosed with dementia in 1995 and since then has become the foremost dementia advocate, speaking at national and international conferences and campaigning for self-advocacy. She lives in Brisbane, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Am I losing my self? 2. Re-interpreted and re-packaged at diagnosis. 3.
How can I write a book? 4. Challenging loss of self in dementia. 5. 'I who
know that I exist inquire into what I am'. 6. Embodied self. 7. Relational
self. 8. Narrative self. 9. Upheld by others in the fullness of our
identity. 10. Who am I now if I no longer have dementia? 11. Conclusion.
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