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Dementia: Mind, Meaning, and the Person - International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry Julian C. Hughes
Dementia: Mind, Meaning, and the Person - International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
Julian C. Hughes
Drawing on a variety of philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, Hume, Wittgenstein, this book explores the nature of personal identity in dementia. It shows how the lives and selfhood of people with dementia can be enhanced by attention to their psychosocial and spiritual environment. It is written by leading figures in psychiatry and philosophy.
328 pages, 2 diagrams; 6 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 26, 2006 |
| Original release date | 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198566144 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 328 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 242 × 23 mm · 635 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Hughes, Julian (Conultant and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Northumbria Healthcare, NHS Trust and Institute for Ageing and Health, University of Newcastle, UK) |
| Editor | Louw, Stephen (Consultant Physician in Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) |
| Editor | Sabat, Steven R (Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA) |