Normative force of appeals to personhood in dementia care: A critical examination of Kitwood's account of personhood

In this paper, I critically examine Kitwood's account of personhood for people with dementia. His account has been influential in supporting appeals to personhood in both clinical and bioethical literature on dementia care. I demonstrate that Kitwood's account does not run into common obje...

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Main Author: Soofi, Hojjat (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
In: Bioethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 35, Issue: 9, Pages: 884-890
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Kitwood
B malignant social psychology
B Personhood
B Dementia
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