Key issues in the ethics of dementia care.
This article discusses nine important medical ethical issues following the progression of irreversible dementia from diagnosis to dying. Issues include prevention, research, truth telling, advance planning, cognitive-enhancing drugs, driving restrictions, respectful caring, distribution, justice, and natural dying.
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Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4976, USA.
D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D014342:Truth Disclosure