As older people begin to develop dementia, we confront ethical questions about when and how to intervene in their increasingly compromised decision-making. The prevailing approach in bioethics to tackling this challenge has been to develop theories of “decision-making capacity” based on the same characteristics that entitle the decisions of moral persons to respect in general. This article argues that this way of thinking about the problem has missed the point. Because the disposition of property is an identity-dependent right, what matters in dementia and decision-making is an individual’s personal identity with their prior self, not their moral personhood. Therefore, in considering when and...
What is personhood and how can it be maintained in someone with dementia? Commenting on a case study...
In recent years, dementia has been subjected to an increasing ethical, legal, and political gaze. Th...
The growth in world ageing is associated with an increase in life expectancy particularly in persons...
As people, especially older people, begin to develop dementia, we confront ethical questions about w...
It has become commonly expected that the “personhood” of people with dementia should be recognised, ...
Loss of personal identity in dementia can raise a number of ethical considerations, including the ap...
One of the greatest challenges in our times, not only in medicine but also in society, is Dementia. ...
Conventional scientific definitions of dementia, or its newer proposed alternate—neurocognitive diso...
This thesis explores the multiple ways identity can be affected by dementia. It primarily concerns h...
Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide p...
The self is a complex and multidimensional construct with both explicit and implicit manifestations....
Personhood has provided a lens for conceptualising dementia practice and research for over ten years...
For many, dementia disrupts basic ideas about what it means to be human, raising profound philosophi...
In the paper, after clarifying terms such as ‘identity’, ‘self’ and ‘personhood’, I propose an empir...
Background The ability to create and maintain an ongoing life narrative is a key characteristic of ...
What is personhood and how can it be maintained in someone with dementia? Commenting on a case study...
In recent years, dementia has been subjected to an increasing ethical, legal, and political gaze. Th...
The growth in world ageing is associated with an increase in life expectancy particularly in persons...
As people, especially older people, begin to develop dementia, we confront ethical questions about w...
It has become commonly expected that the “personhood” of people with dementia should be recognised, ...
Loss of personal identity in dementia can raise a number of ethical considerations, including the ap...
One of the greatest challenges in our times, not only in medicine but also in society, is Dementia. ...
Conventional scientific definitions of dementia, or its newer proposed alternate—neurocognitive diso...
This thesis explores the multiple ways identity can be affected by dementia. It primarily concerns h...
Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide p...
The self is a complex and multidimensional construct with both explicit and implicit manifestations....
Personhood has provided a lens for conceptualising dementia practice and research for over ten years...
For many, dementia disrupts basic ideas about what it means to be human, raising profound philosophi...
In the paper, after clarifying terms such as ‘identity’, ‘self’ and ‘personhood’, I propose an empir...
Background The ability to create and maintain an ongoing life narrative is a key characteristic of ...
What is personhood and how can it be maintained in someone with dementia? Commenting on a case study...
In recent years, dementia has been subjected to an increasing ethical, legal, and political gaze. Th...
The growth in world ageing is associated with an increase in life expectancy particularly in persons...