Beyond competence: advance directives in dementia research
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Beyond competence: advance directives in dementia research
Dementia is highly prevalent and incurable. The participation of dementia patients in clinical research is indispensable if we want to find an effective treatment for dementia. However, one of the primary challenges in dementia research is the patients' gradual loss of the capacity to consent. Patients with dementia are characterized by the fact that, at an earlier stage of their life, they wer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monash Bioethics Review
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1321-2753,1836-6716
DOI: 10.1007/s40592-015-0034-y