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Dementia: Mind, Meaning, and the Person - International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
Hughes
Dementia: Mind, Meaning, and the Person - International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
Hughes
Bringing together philosophers and psychiatrists, this book explores the conceptual issues raised by this common illness. Examining the nature of personal identity in dementia, it also shows how the lives and selfhood of people with dementia can be enhanced by attention to their psychosocial and spiritual environment.
328 pages, 2 diagrams; 6 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 8, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780198566151 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 328 |
Dimensions | 156 × 232 × 18 mm · 464 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Hughes, Julian (Conultant and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Northumbria Healthcare, NHS Trust and Institute for Ageing and Health, University of Newcastle, UK) |
Editor | Louw, Stephen (Consultant Physician in Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) |
Editor | Sabat, Steven R (Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA) |
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