Living and Dying with Dementia: Dialogues about Palliative Care

by Neil Small, Murna Downs, Katherine Froggatt

Improvements in health care in the 21st century mean people are living longer, but with the paradox that chronic illness is increasingly prevalent. Dementia, a term used to describe various different brain disorders that involve a loss of brain function that is usually progressive and eventually severe, is a condition associated with an ageing population and is becoming increasingly common. Worldwide there are approximately 25 million people with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198566875
• ISBN13: 9780198566878
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"