Dementia: Mind, Meaning, and the Person (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry) (International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry)

by Julian C. Hughes (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2006

  $79.46

  Bringing together philosophers and psychiatrists, this book explores the conceptual issues raised by this common illness. Examining the nature of personal identity in dementia, it also shows how the lives and selfhood of people with dementia can be enhanced by attention to their psychosocial and spiritual environment.