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Ethical questions in the treatment of subjects with dementia. Part I. Respecting autonomy: awareness, competence and behavioural disorders

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The document deals with some ethical issues raised by the treatment of demented people. In particular the conceptual and empirical aspects of the assessment of awareness and competence of these patients are analysed, as well as the dilemmas related to the treatment of behavioral disorders.

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  1. Centro Alzheimer, Ospedale “Briolini”, Gazzaniga (BG), Italy

    C. A. Defanti, L. Sacco & S. Stefanini

  2. Neurologia, Ospedale San Donato, Arezzo, Italy

    A. Tiezzi

  3. Ambulatorio di Neurologia, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy

    M. Gasparini

  4. Azienda ULSS 20 VENETO, Ospedale Marzana, Marzana (VR), Italy

    M. Gasperini

  5. Poliambulatorio, ASS 5 “Bassa Friulana”, Cervignano del Friuli (UD), Italy

    M. Congedo

  6. Neurologia, Ospedale Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Milan, Italy

    P. Tiraboschi

  7. Neurologia, Ospedale San Giacomo, Rome, Italy

    D. Tarquini

  8. Neurologia, Ospedale Generale, Macerata, Italy

    E. Pucci

  9. IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy

    C. Porteri

  10. Neurologia, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

    V. Bonito

  11. Fondazione Rui, Milan, Italy

    L. Borghi

  12. Hospice, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

    L. Colombi

  13. Neurologia, AO Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    N. Marcello

  14. IRCCS S. Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy

    O. Zanetti

  15. Neurologia, AO Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Milan, Italy

    R. Causarano

  16. Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy

    A. Primavera

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Defanti, C.A., Tiezzi, A., Gasparini, M. et al. Ethical questions in the treatment of subjects with dementia. Part I. Respecting autonomy: awareness, competence and behavioural disorders. Neurol Sci 28, 216–231 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-006-0825-x

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