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The Incompetent Patient on the Slippery Slope
Author(s) -
Dresser Rebecca,
Whitehouse Peter J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562836
Subject(s) - slippery slope , perception , psychology , dementia , aesthetics , social psychology , epistemology , medicine , philosophy , disease , pathology , neuroscience
Most patients suffering from progressive dementia have thoughts, emotions, perspectives, and perceptions of a world of experience. Decisions about life‐sustaining treatment should incorporate a principled approach to evaluating what life is like for these patients.
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