Dementia and the Advance Directive Lessons from the Bedside
This unique title offers a novel exploration into the world of advance directives for patients with dementia. Based on real life ethics consultations the expert author has undertaken, the cases depict fascinating and challenging moral issues arising
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Dementia and the Advance Directive Lessons from the Bedside
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Dementia and the Advance Directive
Marcia Sokolowski
Dementia and the Advance Directive Lessons from the Bedside
Marcia Sokolowski, Ph.D Faculty of Medicine Department of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada Centre for Health Humanism and Society Ben Gurion University of the Desert Beer-Sheva, Israel Baycrest Health Sciences Toronto, ON, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-72082-1 ISBN 978-3-319-72083-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72083-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017961105 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Preface
As both a clinical psychologist and a clinical ethicist, I have been fascinated with the topic of dementia and the topic of advance directives. The lenses I peer through in the writing of this book, in bringing these topics together, are in nature both philosophical (and ethics based) and psychological, bridging both my professional and academic careers. This book is based upon a composite of multiple ethics cases over many years in a variety of settings and reflects my almost twenty-years practice in the role of medical ethicist as well as theories of ethics important to the presentation of the cases. These composite case studies depict very interesting and challenging moral issues arising in a variet
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