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Dementia and personhood
— implications for advance directives | | Author(s) | Janis Moody |
| Journal title | Nursing Older People, vol 15, no 4, June 2003 |
| Pages | pp 18-21 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Rights [elderly] ; Wills ; Social ethics ; Informal care. |
| Annotation | It may be assumed that advance directives (or living wills) assist decision making for carers of people with dementia. However, difficult questions can be raised, for example where there is a conflict between what is considered to be someone's best interests, and what they have previously indicated they want to happen in specified circumstances. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030620206 A |
| Classmark | EA: IKR: VTH: TQ: P6 |
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