Home | Amazing | Today | Tags | Publishers | Years | Search 
The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying

Buy

Society today, writes Stephen Post, is "hypercognitive": it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, which over an extended period incrementally rob patients of exactly those functions, raise many dilemmas. How are we to view―and value―persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities?

In the second edition of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Post updates his highly praised account of the major ethical issues relating to dementia care. With chapters organized to follow the progression from mild to severe and then terminal stages of dementia, Post discusses topics including the experience of dementia, family caregiving, genetic testing for Alzheimer disease, quality of life, and assisted suicide and euthanasia. New to this edition are sections dealing with end-of-life issues (especially artificial nutrition and hydration), the emerging cognitive-enhancing drugs, distributive justice, spirituality, and hospice, as well as a critique of rationalistic definitions of personhood. The last chapter is a new summary of practical solutions useful to family members and professionals.

Microeconomics (McGraw-Hill Economics)
Microeconomics (McGraw-Hill Economics)

The integrated solutions for Colander ' Microeconomics 9e have been specifically designed to help today's students succeed in the principles of economics course. Colander's trademark colloquial approach focuses on modern economics, institutions, history, and modeling,and is organized around learning objectives to make it...

Moodle Gradebook Second Edition
Moodle Gradebook Second Edition

Explore the Moodle Gradebook and discover how to set up and customize it to track students' progress

About This Book

  • Contains up-to-date information on version 2.7 of Moodle Gradebook, giving you an innovative solution to the challenges of modern education
  • Optimize your use of the...
Electricity: Fundamentals for the Water and Wastewater Maintenance Operator
Electricity: Fundamentals for the Water and Wastewater Maintenance Operator
It is written for those who want to know more about electricity but do not find the time or the courage to struggle through complicated handbooks. It is made for those who routinely use very sophisticated electrical devices without really knowing what they are doing. And knowing what you are doing, how things work, certainly contributes to better...

Architecture of Italy (Reference Guides to National Architecture)
Architecture of Italy (Reference Guides to National Architecture)
Covering all regions of Italy--from Turin's Palace of Labor in northern Italy to the Monreale Cathedral and Cloister in Sicily--and all periods of Italian architecture--from the first-century Colosseum in Rome to the Casa Rustica apartments built in Milan in the 1930s--this volume examines over 70 of Italy's most important architectural landmarks....
The SPIN Model Checker: Primer and Reference Manual
The SPIN Model Checker: Primer and Reference Manual
SPIN is the world's most popular, and arguably one of the world's most powerful, tools for detecting software defects
in concurrent system designs. Literally thousands of people have used SPIN since it was first introduced almost fifteen
years ago. The tool has been applied to everything from the verification of complex call processing
...
Hybrid CMOS Single-Electron-Transistor Device And Circuit Design
Hybrid CMOS Single-Electron-Transistor Device And Circuit Design
CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) is a widely accepted and utilized technology among electrical engineers involved with circuit design. SET (single electron transistor) technology has recently gained significant attention, because it can be combined with CMOSs to improve overall performance of integrated circuits - reducing power...
©2024 LearnIT (support@pdfchm.net) - Privacy Policy