"The editors ought to be congratulated for creating a space that allows us to retell our individual and social stories of dying with dementia." -- New England Journal of Medicine"All of us working in palliative care would benefit from reading this book as it exposes assumptions derived from the treatment mostly of cancer patients and encourages us to review our thoughts on the intrinsic value of all life, however opaque." -- Palliative Medicine"Offers valuable insights into the philosophy and practice of palliative care in AD from perspectives of a group of American and European experts... It raises important questions and poses solutions to a variety of pressing clinical issues." -- American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias More Reviews and Recommendations

Ruth B. Purtilo, Ph.D., is the Mabel L. Criss Professor of Ethics and Director of the Center for Health Policy and Ethics at Creighton University Medical Center. Henk A.M.J. ten Have, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Medical Ethics at the University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and Director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, UNESCO, Paris.

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