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Dementia and human rights / Suzanne Cahill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cahill, Suzanne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia--Patients--Care.
- Dementia.
- Dementia--Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Human rights.
- Mental health laws.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Launching the dementia debate into new and exciting territory, this book applies a human rights lens to interrogate the lived experience and policy response to dementia.
- Contents:
- Part one: a conceptual framework
- An introduction to human rights and dementia
- Dementia as a disability
- Setting the context: the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Part two: using a human rights lens to interrogate policy and practice
- The right to a good quality of life at home and in the community
- The right to a good quality of life in care homes or in nursing homes
- Emerging public policy on dementia: the implications of a human rights-based approach for policy and practice
- Legal capacity for people with dementia: a human rights approach / by Eilionóir Flynn
- Conclusions: grounds for hope.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447331414
- 1447331419
- 9781447331391
- 1447331397
- 9781447331384
- 1447331389
- OCLC:
- 1031344943
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