Severe dementia
Severe dementia has not been much covered in the clinical literature because until recently, prognosis was very bad and there were few constructive interventions or management tools. This new title provides a state of the art review on the issues of severe dementia, including pathogenesis and neuroc...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0470010568 |
Summary: |
Severe dementia has not been much covered in the clinical literature because until recently, prognosis was very bad and there were few constructive interventions or management tools. This new title provides a state of the art review on the issues of severe dementia, including pathogenesis and neurochemistry. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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0470010568 9780470010563 047001055X 9780470010556 |
Index Number: | RC524 |
CLC: | R749.1 |
Contents: | Assessment and diagnosis of severe dementia / Paul Newhouse, Joseph Lasek -- Cholinergic and serotonergic systems in severe dementia / Sally I. Sharp, Paul T. Francis and Clive Ballard -- The molecular pathology of severe dementia / Clive Holmes -- Cognitive functions in severe dementia / Judith Saxton and Franc̦ois Boller -- Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia : agitation / E. Jane Byrne, Deborah Collins and Alistair Burns -- Depression in severe dementia / Kate Bielinski and Brian Lawlor -- Physical aspects of severe Alzheimer's disease / Bruno Vellas -- Clinical features of severe dementia : staging / Barry Reisberg, Jerzy Wegiel, Emile Franssen, Sridhar Kadiyala, Stefanie Auer, Linduïn Souren, Marwan Sabbagh and James Golomb -- Clinical features of severe dementia : function / Serge Gauthier -- Drug treatment : memantine / Anton P. Porsteinsson and Pierre N. Tariot -- Drug treatment : cholinesterase inhibitors / Michael Woodward and Howard H. Feldman -- Drug treatment : treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia with neuroleptics / Peter Paul De Deyn -- Non-pharmacological treatment of severe dementia : an overview / Ross Overshott and Alistair Burns -- Non-pharmacological treatment of severe dementia : the Seattle protocols / Rebecca G. Logsdon, Linda Teri and Sue M. McCurry -- Care by families for late stage dementia / Steve H. Zarit and Joseph E. Gaugler -- Person-centred care for people with severe dementia / Murna Downs, Neil Small and Katherine Froggatt -- Palliative care in patients with severe dementia / Raymond T.C.M. Koopmans, H. Roeline W. Pasman and Jenny T. van der Steen -- Narrative ethics and ethical narratives in dementia / Clive Baldwin -- Health economics of severe dementia / Anders Wimo and Bengt Winblad. |