title: [The social construction of dementia: an hypothesis].
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to discuss some ideas concerning the relationship between dementia and the role people with it play in the society. I develop some examples from literature and medical authors such as Sacks, King, Franzen, Post, etc., avoiding conventional perspectives about this disease. The objective is to show a new "dementia culture" against our "hypercognitive society".
authors.affiliation: Equipo de Psicogeriatría del HIBA - Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. daniel.matusevich@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matusevich
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia; D006801:Humans; D012961:Sociology