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ETHICS AND AGING: FOCUS ON LIVING WILL FOR PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA

Alberto SardellaF InzerilloL VernuccioF. CocitaMario BarbagalloLigia J. Dominguez

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Gerontologymedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaPopulationDiseaselcsh:GeriatricsSocial issuesLiving will dementia Alzheimer geriatricsmental disordersmedicinegeriatrics.DementiaeducationPsychiatryGeriatricseducation.field_of_studybusiness.industryPublic healthPerspective (graphical)BioethicsLiving willmedicine.diseaselcsh:RC952-954.6Alzheimerbusinessdementia

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Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide population. However, clinical and social issues related to dementia have long been marginalized. The actual high prevalence of dementias requires also to face issues from a bioethical perspective, regarding how to deal with demented patient’s disposition. There are currently no specific guidelines on the national territory regarding whether to draw up a living will by a patient with dementia, neither about the informative role of physicians during the progressive story of the disease.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-07-05
10.4081/gc.2017.6815http://hdl.handle.net/10447/240808