Dementia: Mind, Meaning, and the Person

by Julian C. Hughes

Book Overview

This book brings together philosophers and practitioners to explore the conceptual issues that arise in connection with this increasingly common illness. Drawing on a variety of philosophers such as Descartes, Lock, Hume, Wittgenstein, the authors explore the nature of personal identity in dementia. They also show how the lives and selfhood of people with dementia can be enhanced by attention to their psychosocial and spiritual environment. Throughout,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198566158
• ISBN13: 9780198566151
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"