Book contents
- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Disability: Definitions and Theories
- Part II Disability in the Beginning and the End of Life
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 Abortion, the Disabilities of Pregnancy, and the Dignity of Risk
- 5 The Down Syndrome Information Act and “Mere Difference”: Redefining the Scope of Prenatal Testing Conversations?
- 6 Dementia, Disability, and Advance Medical Directives: Defensible Standards for Dementia Care
- Part III Disability in the Clinical Setting
- Part IV Equality, Expertise, and Access
- Part V Disability, Intersectionality, and Social Movements
- Part VI Quantifying Disability
6 - Dementia, Disability, and Advance Medical Directives: Defensible Standards for Dementia Care
from Part II - Disability in the Beginning and the End of Life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 April 2020
Book contents
- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Disability: Definitions and Theories
- Part II Disability in the Beginning and the End of Life
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 Abortion, the Disabilities of Pregnancy, and the Dignity of Risk
- 5 The Down Syndrome Information Act and “Mere Difference”: Redefining the Scope of Prenatal Testing Conversations?
- 6 Dementia, Disability, and Advance Medical Directives: Defensible Standards for Dementia Care
- Part III Disability in the Clinical Setting
- Part IV Equality, Expertise, and Access
- Part V Disability, Intersectionality, and Social Movements
- Part VI Quantifying Disability
Summary
Anyone fortunate enough to live beyond middle age is at risk of developing dementia, a widely feared disability. Public perceptions of dementia are overwhelmingly negative. Indeed, it is not unusual to hear people say they would not want to live if they developed the condition.
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