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Death in Advance? A critique of the “Zombification” of people with dementia

This contribution sets out to criticize the prominent metaphor of “death while alive” in the context of dementia. We first explain the historical origin and development as well as the philosophical premises of the image. We then take a closer look at its implications for understanding dementia and s...

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Autores principales: Schweda, Mark, Jongsma, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9380668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35972614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40656-022-00512-z