title: Dementia. Part 1: Person-centred care.
abstract: Those caring for people with dementia should promote 'personhood'. Humanistic philosophical theories offer nurses a positive basis for person-centred care. Humanistic values about personhood should be central to nursing practice, regardless of the care setting.
authors.affiliation: Gerontological Nursing Programme, Royal College of Nursing, London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dewing
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011593:Psychology, Social