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- Title
Relationale Anthropologie—Ethische Herausforderungen bei der Betreuung von dementen Menschen.
- Authors
E. Schockenhoff; V. Wetzstein
- Abstract
Summary In the light of demographic change, Alzheimer’s disease must be regarded as a particular challenge to modern societies. Thereby, contemporary discourse is dominated by a specific concept of dementia which can be traced back to the field of human medicine. The taking over of models and concepts from human medicine in public discourse implied a methodological reductionism. From an ethical perspective the respective process is particularly significant because of its anthropological reductionism which leads to imbalanced evaluations and unsuitability. By contrast, this contribution proceeds from a holistic anthropology and suggests to conceptualize dementia in terms of human relationships. It is only from such a perspective that a reasonable discussion of ethical challenges which go along with giving care to people suffering from dementia becomes possible.
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2005, Vol 38, Issue 4, p262
- ISSN
0948-6704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00391-005-0321-y