Competence assessment in dementia

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: European Dementia Consensus Network.
Group Author: Stoppe Gabriela.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Wien New York
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-72369-2
Carrier Form: viii, 184 p.: ill. ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency: Also issued in print.
ISBN: 9783211723692 (electronic bk.)
3211723692 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R749
CLC: R749.1
Contents: Available to OhioLINK libraries.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction. Why is competence assessment important? Development of the EDCON consensus statement / Lienhard Maeck and Gabriela Stoppe -- EDCON-consensus: assessment of competence. Neuropsychological assessment / Pasquale Calabrese ; Brain structures involved in dementia / Matthias Brand and Hans J. Markowitsch ; Medical factors interfering with competence in dementia / Maria E. Soto and Bruno Vellas ; Drugs that affect competence / Conor O'Luanaigh and Brian Lawlor ; Who decides who decides? Ethical perspectives on capacity and decision-making / Deborah Bowman ; Are legal systems in Europe fit for the dementia challenge? Approach of the Council of Europe / Nicole Kerschen ; Testamentary and financial competence issues in dementia / Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis and Katerina Despos ; Assessment of competency and advance directives / Julian C. Hughes ; Informed consent in dementia research / Anco vd Vorm and Marcel GM Olde Rikkert ; Assessment of fitness to drive, possession of professional drivers' license, possession of firearms, and pilot's certificate in clients with dementing conditions / Kurt Johansson and Catarina Lundberg ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Austria / Johannes Wancata and Josef Marksteiner ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Denmark / Dorthe Vennemose Buss and Gunhild Waldemar ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Finland / Raimo Sulkava ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: France / Marie Bouyssy, Emilie Legay, and Vincent Camus ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Germany / Volker Lipp ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Greece / Magda Tsolaki and Eleni Tsantali ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Ireland / Mairead Bartley and Desmond O'Neill ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Italy / Rosa Liperoti and Roberto Bernabei ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: The Netherlands / Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert ; Practice of competence assessm