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" Ethical issues in dementia care : "
Julian C. Hughes and Clive Baldwin.
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BL
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1015942
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b770312
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| Main Entry
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Hughes, Julian C.
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| Title & Author
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Ethical issues in dementia care : : making difficult decisions /\ Julian C. Hughes and Clive Baldwin.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Philadelphia :: Jessica Kingsley Publishers,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Bradford Dementia Group good practice guides
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1 online resource (144 pages)
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| ISBN
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1846425581
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: 6610929319
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: 9781846425585
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: 9786610929313
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1843103575
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9781843103578
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-137) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Making moral decisions: from consequences, duties and principles of conscience -- Being true: relationships, empathic understanding and communication -- Concerned to treat -- Keeping them safe -- It's the quality that counts, but how to we decide? -- Making decisions in practice.
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There are always difficult day to day decisions to be faced when caring for a person with dementia - from knowing how to deal with wandering to end of life decisions. Many of these decisions are underpinned by value judgments about right and wrong and reflect a particular view of dementia. This book considers these ethical decisions in the context of relationships, treatment, safety and quality of life, offering practical guidance and advice. It draws on the experiences of family carers as well as on existing research and emphasizes the importance of empathy and the need to acknowledge d.
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Dementia-- Patients-- Care-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Medical ethics.
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Geriatric Nursing.
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Medical ethics.
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MEDICAL-- Ethics.
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Mental Health Services.
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Alzheimer Disease.
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Ethics, Clinical.
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Professional-Patient Relations-- ethics.
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| Dewey Classification
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174.2/983
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RC521.H84 2006eb
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2006 N-760
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WT 155H893e 2006
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Baldwin, Clive,1962-
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