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Competence Assessment in Dementia
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The increasing proportion of demented elderly in populations, debates over patient's rights and autonomy, and the growing body of knowledge on dementia has inspired the European Dementia Consensus Network to regard competence assessment in dementia as an important topic of debate. This book contains a summarised consensus as well as chapters on state-of-art neuropsychological functions and how they relate to competence, and chapters discussing ethical, legal perspectives.


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Introduction: Why has competency assessment become more important? Development of the Consensus statement EDCON Consensus: Assessment of Competence Neuropsychological assessment (Pasquale Calabrese) Brain structures involved in dementia (Matthias Brand and Hans J. Markowitsch) Medical factors interfering with competence in dementia (Maria E. Soto and Bruno Vellas) Drugs that affect competence (Conor O'Luanaigh and Brian Lawlor) Who decides who decides? Ethical perspectives on capacity and decision-making (Deborah Bowman) Are legal systems in Europe fit for the dementia challenge? Approach of the Council of Europe (Nicole Kerschen) Testamentary and financial competence issues in dementia (Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis and Katerina Despos) Assessment of competency and advance directives (Julian C. Hughes) Informed consent in dementia research (Anco vd Vorm and Marcel GM Olde Rikkert) Assessment of fitness to drive, possession of professional drivers' license, possession of firearms, and pilot's certificate in clients with dementing conditions (Kurt Johansson and Catarina Lundberg) Practice of competence assessment in dementia in Europe: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechia, UK.-


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ISBN-13: 9783211723685
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
Publication date: November, 2007
Pages: 192
Weight: 801g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
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