[The social construction of dementia: an hypothesis].
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".
Matusevich
Daniel
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Equipo de Psicogeriatría del HIBA - Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. daniel.matusevich@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
D003704:Dementia; D006801:Humans; D012961:Sociology