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De-constructing de-mentia: a personal and person oriented perspective of de-personalization and moral status

Julian C. Hughes: Thinking Through Dementia. Oxford University Press, New York, 2011, 312 pp, £37.58, ISBN: 978-0-19-957066-9

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  1. School of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Joseph Lehmann

  2. Department of Medical Education, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Yechiel Michael Barilan

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Lehmann, J., Barilan, Y.M. De-constructing de-mentia: a personal and person oriented perspective of de-personalization and moral status. Med Health Care and Philos 18, 153–158 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-014-9613-6

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