How We Think About Dementia ─ Personhood, Rights, Ethics, the Arts and What They Mean for Care

The author aims to clarify thinking about dementia and dementia care in terms of aging, personhood and memory, the legal ideas of capacity and competence, best interests, deprivation of liberty, palliative and supportive care, and art, and make this conceptual clarification accessible to those with dementia and their carers. Some chapters in the book have been previously published and others are based on the author's lectures. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Professor Julian C. Hughes is Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Professor of Philosophy of Ageing at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences (PEALS) Research Centre, Newcastle University. He is co-author of Ethical Issues in Dementia Care: Making Difficult Decisions, also published by JKP. He lives in Newcastle, UK.