Thinking through dementia

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Dementia affects millions of people throughout the world. 'Thinking Through Dementia' offers a critique of the main models used to understand dementia. It discusses clinical issues and cases, together with philosophical work that might help us to better understand and treat this illness.

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Title Statements

Full title :Thinking through dementia / Julian C. Hughes.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 298 pages : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199570669, 0199570663
oclc:ocn687700408
LC Classification:RC521
Dewey Decimal:616.83

Clinical surround: values and versions -- SEA view of persons -- Mental states and normativity -- Mind and the world -- Normativity in the world -- Models of dementia -- Problem: models of dementia and normativity -- Moving towards a solution: dementia and the normative world -- Consequence: beyond models to the thing itself -- Personhood and the world -- From dementia-in-the-world to the human-person-perspective -- Dilemmas in dementia: a framework and philosophical approach -- Conversion and revolution.

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démence Demens Dementia Demenz Health and Fitness Modell Modellierung Models, Neurological Models, Psychological Neurologie Philosophie Psychologie Psychologie -- Méthodes de simulation Theorie Wertorientierung