Reconsidering Dementia Narratives: Empathy, Identity and Care

by Rebecca Bitenc

Reconsidering Dementia Narratives explores the role of narrative in developing new ways of understanding, interacting with, and caring for people with dementia. It asks how the stories we tell about dementia - in fiction, life writing and film - both reflect and shape the way we think about this important condition.

Highlighting the need to attend to embodied and relational aspects of identity in dementia, the study further outlines ways...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367151340
• ISBN13: 9780367151348
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"