Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide population. However, clinical and social issues related to demen-tia 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 guide-lines on the national territory regarding whether to draw up a living will by a patient with dementia, neither about the informa-tive role of physicians during the progres-sive story of the disease.
Sardella, A., Vernuccio, L., Cocita, F., Inzerillo, F., Dominguez Rodriguez, L.J., Barbagallo, M. (2017). ETHICS AND AGING: FOCUS ON LIVING WILL FOR PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA. GERIATRIC CARE, 3(3), 41-43 [10.4081/gc.2017.6815].
ETHICS AND AGING: FOCUS ON LIVING WILL FOR PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA
DOMINGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, Ligia Juliana;BARBAGALLO, Mario
2017-01-01
Abstract
Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide population. However, clinical and social issues related to demen-tia 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 guide-lines on the national territory regarding whether to draw up a living will by a patient with dementia, neither about the informa-tive role of physicians during the progres-sive story of the disease.
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