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Concepts of Alzheimer disease : biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives
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ISBN: 0801877156 9780801877155 0801862337 9780801862335 9780801877575 0801877571 Year: 2000 Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,

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As the essays in this volume show, conceptualizing dementia has always been a complex process. With contributions from noted professionals in psychiatry, neurology, molecular biology, sociology, history, ethics, and health policy, Concepts of Alzheimer Disease looks at the ways in which Alzheimer disease has been defined in various historical and cultural contexts.


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Ethique et handicap mental
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ISBN: 2870372310 9782870372319 Year: 1997 Volume: 1 Publisher: Namur Presses universitaires de Namur

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Le handicap met à l'épreuve nos valeurs, notre dignité et notre humanité. Nous aimerions qu'à travers ce livre nous puissions nous interroger sur ce que signifient d'un point de vue éthique, socio-politique et psychologique les concepts d'éducation et de rééducation, de reclassement et de réadaptation, d'intégration et de participation à la vie sociale. Ne cachent-ils pas parfois une sacralisation de la société telle qu'elle est et une interprétation trop faible du droit à la différence ? Il faut examiner l'origine sociale possible de certains handicaps et le renforcement de ceux-ci par les institutions, l'imaginaire et la culture. L'idée du droit à la différence n'implique pas seulement que la personne handicapée ait une place reconnue dans la société. Elle implique qu'on lui fasse une place dans la sociabilité et que l'éthique ait prise aussi sur la politique, l'économique et les relations humaines. Le département de Psychologie de la Faculté de Médecine et le Centre Interfacultaire Droit, Ethique, sciences de la Santé des Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, ont mis ensemble leurs compétences pour tenter d'aborder, avec d'autres, ces questions cruciales en matière de déficience mentale.

The hippocratic oath and the ethics of medicine.
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ISBN: 0195162196 0195188209 9780195162196 9780195188202 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York Oxford university press

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This engaging book examines what the Hippocratic Oath meant to Greek physicians 2400 years ago, and reflects on its relevance to medical ethics today. Drawing on the writings of ancient physicians, Greek playwrights, and modern scholars, each chapter explores one of its passages and concludes with a modern case discussion. The Oath proposes principles governing the relationship between the physician and society and patients. It rules out the use of poison and a hazardous abortive technique. It defines integrity and discretion in physicians' speech. The ancient Greek medical works written during the same period as the Oath reveal that Greek physicians understood that they had a duty to avoid medical errors and learn from bad outcomes. These works showed how and why to tell patients about their diseases and dire prognoses in order to develop a partnership for healing and to build the credibility of the profession. Miles uses these writings to illuminate the meaning of the Oath in its day and in so doing shows how, and why it remains a valuable guide to the ethical practice of medicine. This is a book for anyone who loves medicine and is concerned about the ethics and history of this profession.

Consuming health : the commodification of health care.
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ISBN: 0415259487 0415259495 Year: 2002 Publisher: London Routledge

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In our post-welfare society, health is increasingly viewed as a commodity and individuals are defined as 'health care consumers'. At the same time, the notion that the state should care for the health of its citizens is being replaced by an expectation that citizens should play a more active role in caring for themselves. These developments are by no means uncontentious. Consuming Health explores the diverse meanings and applications of the term 'consumer' in the field of health care and the implications for policy-making, health care delivery and experiences of health care. Contributors are well-known innovative researchers and lecturers from the Australia, the UK and Canada. Between them they cover a wide range of topics - from the medicalisation of the menopause to the participation of consumer groups in the national policy process - to create an original and thought-provoking text for students and practitioners in the field of health care.

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