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Informationen zum Autor Julian C. Hughes is RICE Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Bristol. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Also a philosopher, he is currently a member and Deputy Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Toby Williamson was Head of Later Life at the Mental Health Foundation, a UK social research, service development, policy and public affairs charity. He was responsible for its programme of work on dementia. He also led a national campaign for mental capacity legislation and worked in government on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 implementation programme. He is currently an independent consultant working in health and social care. Klappentext Explores how a values-based and person-centred approach can be applied to every aspect of the experience of dementia.This book explores how a values-based, person-centred and rights-based approach can be applied to every aspect of the experience of dementia. It will appeal to clinicians, practitioners, academics and students from various fields including psychiatry, psychology, nursing, social work and occupational therapy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Manifestos, dementia and values-based practice; 2. Enhancing values-based practice and developing a dementia manifesto; 3. The dementia manifesto; 4. Rights and values are everywhere in dementia!; 5. Reasoning about values; 6. Relationships - values and person-centred care; 7. Working together; 8. Scientifically speaking; 9. The science-driven principle and dementia; 10. The squeaky wheel principle; 11. Communication, end of life, and values; 12. Partnerships in decision-making.
