Evaluating the care of people with dementia - beyond the biomedical paradigm; methodological framework - social contruction; what is dementia? - the medical model; interpreting dementia - psychological and linguistic models; the scientific construction of the 'disease' of dementia; medical diagnosis and the construction of dementia; society and the construction of dementia - the sociology of the ageing body.
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In a systematic, thought-provoking and contentious way, they examine the ""knowledge"" and ""truths"" of: the medical model, the scientific construction of dementia and the sociology of the dementing body. All are scrutinised in terms of irrefutable evidence, most are found wanting. [This book] is a welcome and long overdue contribution to the ""knowledges"" of dementia.