Decision-Making, Personhood and Dementia

CONTENTS:1. Decision-making, Personhood and Dementia:Mapping the Terrain. Part I: Conceptualizing the Issues.2. Narrative and Decision-making. 3. Decision-making as Social Practice. 4. Hunting Good Will in the Wilderness. 5. A Confucian Two-dimensional Approach to Personhood, Dementia and Decision-making. 6. Cultural safety, Decision-making and Dementia: Troubling Notions of Autonomy and Personhood. Part II: Policy and Practice Issues.; 7. Decisions, Decisions: Linking Personalisation to Person-centred Care. 8. Confronting the Challenges of Assessing Capacity: Dementia in the Context of Abuse. 9. Capacity, Vulnerability, Risk and Consent: Personhood in the Law. 10. Personhood, Financial Decision-making and Dementia: An Australian Perspective. 11. Narrative and Decision-making. 12. Personhood, Dementia and the Use of Formal Support Services: Exploring the Decision-making Process. 13. Families, Dementia and Decisions. 14. The Communicative Capacity of the Body and Clinical Decision-making in Dementia Care. 15. Conclusion. Decision-making and Dementia: Toward a Social Model of Understanding.

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