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This book is a result of the workers life-time of working,
teaching, researching and thinking about ethical issues, in
particular connection with dementia. The well-established and
respected author will provide a comprehensive review of the ethical
issues that arise in connection with dementia, looking at ethical
theories and approaches in detail, relating these to the real-life
experience of living with or caring for someone with dementia. It
will draw upon both the relevant research literature and clinical
experience, making use of numerous vignettes to bring together
theory and practice. The book will be written in a style that
should be accessible to the average intelligent lay reader, whilst
also being of great use for post-graduate level students,
researchers and practitioners alike. The ethical approaches
recommended by the text will be firmly based in a framework of
virtue theory, with an emphasis on narrative and the importance of
relationships and good quality communication. The work will
encourage the reader to reconsider the ethics in dementia care with
the use of the innovative idea of patterns of practice developed by
the author. introduced the notion of âpatterns of practiceâ as
being relevant to ethical thinking. Hughes first discussed the idea
of âpatterns of practiceâ in a paper at a conference organized
by the Journal of Ethics in Mental Health in 2006 entitled
âPatterns of practice: a useful notion in medical ethics?â; the
paper was published in the journal in the same year. In
Reconsidering Ethics in Dementia Care Hughes intends to use this
idea as a unifying approach to ethical issues in dementia. The
notion suggests that ethical decision-making is âsimplyâ a
matter of patterns of practice, but that practice must be subjected
to the demands of internal and external coherence. The thinking and
ideas behind this practice will be explained fully and in a more
digestible form. In short, Hughes seeks to provide a comprehensive
account of thought and practice in relation to ethical issues that
arise in the context of dementia care. Unlike many books on ethics,
which simply present different approaches and theories, this book
will also seek to show how ethical thinking can be put into
practice and prove relevant to day-to-day experience. Julian
C. Hughes was a consultant in old age psychiatry. Having trained in
both philosophy and medicine, he was appointed professor of
philosophy of ageing at Newcastle University and subsequently
professor of old age psychiatry at the University of Bristol. He
was deputy chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.Â
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The Birds of Wales (Hardcover)
Rhion Pritchard, Julian Hughes, Ian M. Spence, Bob Haycock, Anne Brenchley
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From its long coastline, with cliffs and islands that bustle with
breeding seabirds in the summer, to its open moorland that hold
some of the most southerly Curlews and Black Grouse, Wales packs a
lot of birds into a small area. It is significant for its
populations of Chough, Hawfinch and Pied Flycatcher, and its Manx
Shearwaters are of global importance. And it has played an
important role in the study of migration, as Skokholm was the first
bird observatory in Britain. It is almost 30 years since the first
avifauna was published for all of Wales and much has changed.
Knowledge of the status of many species has increased thanks to
improved monitoring and a greater number of birdwatchers, and we
have a better understanding of how humans have affected Wales'
birds, particularly the twin challenges of land-use and climate
change. The Birds of Wales synthesises the new information and sets
it in context of each species' history in Wales. It tells the
stories of all the birds that have been recorded here, whether
common or rare, and looks forward, anticipating what may occur in
the coming decades. It will have an essential place on the
bookshelf of everyone with an interest in birds in Wales and should
be on the desk or in the rucksack of everyone who influences what
happens to the nation's land and seas. It is a once-in-a-generation
state of Wales' birds.
The innovative Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Model for dementia
care has recently been updated, leading to new advances in the
field. This revised second edition guide to assessment and
treatment of behaviours that challenge associated with dementia
includes these latest developments along with new sections on what
have traditionally been considered controversial topics. The new
chapters cover issues including: - End of life care - Use of
therapeutic dolls - Lies and deception - Physical restraint during
personal care - Racism towards care staff With a particular
emphasis on non-pharmacological approaches, this book details the
range of behaviours common in individuals with dementia, along with
the most effective assessment and treatment techniques for health
care professionals.
Sportive care can be thought of as an extension of palliative care
so that the person with dementia receives good quality, holistic
care that makes no distinctions between the dichotomies of care and
cure from the time of diagnosis until, and beyond, death. It
recognizes the need for an inter-disciplinary approach for
continuity of care. Supportive care in dementia must, therefore, be
broad in its scope and application.
Supportive Care of the Person with Dementia provides just such a
broad and full perspective, drawing upon the experience and
expertise of a wide range of internationally-based professionals to
outline a model of supportive care that will provide good quality
and holistic care for people with dementia. Making use of real-life
reports from both patients and carers to help readers fully
understand the reality of dementia, the book examines the key
principles that guide the practice of supportive care. It looks at
how supportive care can be used, and specific benefits a care model
of this type can bring to the complex problems that are frequently
encountered when treating this condition.
It is an ideal resource for all clinicians who are part of an
interdisciplinary team caring for sufferers with this debilitating
illness.
Dementia is an illness that raises important questions about our
own attitudes to illness and aging. It also raises very important
issues beyond the bounds of dementia to do with how we think of
ourselves as people--fundamental questions about personal identity.
Is the person with dementia the same person he or she was before?
Is the individual with dementia a person at all? In a striking way,
dementia seems to threaten the very existence of the self.
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 psychological and spiritual environment.
Throughout, the book conveys a strong ethical message, arguing in
favor of treating people with dementia with all the dignity they
deserve as human beings. The book covers a range of topics,
stretching from talk of basic biology to talk of a spiritual
understanding of people with dementia. Accessibly written by
leading figures in psychiatry and philosophy, the book presents a
unique and long overdue examination of an illness that features in
so many of our lives.
Dementia is an illness that raises important questions about our
own attitudes to illness and aging. It also raises very important
issues beyond the bounds of dementia to do with how we think of
ourselves as people - fundamental questions about personal
identity. Is the person with dementia the same person he or she was
before? Is the individual with dementia a person at all? In a
striking way, dementia seems to threaten the very existence of the
self. 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, Locke, 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, the book conveys a strong ethical message, arguing in
favour of treating people with dementia with all the dignity they
deserve as human beings. The book covers a range of topics,
stretching from talk of basic biology to talk of a spiritual
understanding of people with dementia. Accessibly written by
leading figures in psychiatry and philosophy, the book presents a
unique and long overdue examination of an illness that features in
so many of our lives.
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