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Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness
Published on: August 1, 2017
[Communication of the diagnosis of dementia: legal aspects and (also) emerging ethical problems.]
Fabio Cembrani1, Diego De Leo2
1Dipartimento di Diagnostica e sanità pubblica, Università di Verona.
Abstract:
In this paper, in a broad perspective, the problematic issues posed in clinical practice by the communication of the diagnosis of dementia are addressed. After discussing the legal determinants of the right of every person to know the truth, it was explored the ethical questions posed by the communication of unfavourable news highlighting that the scientific discussion has mainly focused on the communication of the diagnosis of neoplastic pathology. Then focus on the Spikes system adapted to the dementia of which the merits and defects are discussed before suggesting its expansion with the necessary adaptations.
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