Format:
1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 202 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780511780615
Content:
Growth in the incidence of dementia presents major challenges to global healthcare systems. As the burden of dementia in non-Western cultures grows, developing nations are expected to overtake developed nations in terms of dementia prevalence. Insights from developing nations and transcultural considerations are, nevertheless, neglected in the published literature. Dementia: A Global Approach fills this gap by integrating contemporary cross-cultural knowledge about dementia. Each section reviews the literature from the published, predominantly Western, perspective, contrasting it with empirical knowledge from non-Western cultures. Covering major clinical, epidemiological and scientific areas of interest, detailed consideration is also given to care-giving models across the world and management of patients who have migrated between regions. Enriched with personal insights from clinical experts across the globe, this is a key text for neurologists, geriatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, epidemiologists and all those responsible for managing provisions of dementia services
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Preface ; 1. The aging brain and mind: cultural and anthropological perspectives
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2. Mild cognitive impairment: current concepts and cross cultural issues
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3. Alzheimer's Disease: the African American story
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4. Vascular cognitive impairment: 4A. The syndrome of vascular cognitive impairment: current concepts
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4B. Debate: is vascular dementia more common in some parts of the world? Yes
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No
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5. Cross cultural issues of global significance: 5A. Infections and dementia -- the view from a developing nation
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5B. Nutrition and dementia -- where is the nexus?
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6. Assessment: 6A. The experience of assessing cognition across cultures
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6B. Assessing behavior in dementia across cultures
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7. Psychosocial factors: 7A. Quality of life in dementia: global perspective and transcultural issues
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7B. Caregiving for dementia: global perspectives and transcultural issues
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7C. Care arrangements for patients with dementia: China
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8. Service delivery and management: 8A. Dementia services: developing rural and remote services
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8B. Non-pharmacological approachs: patient centred approaches
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9. The clinical approach to the person with dementia: 9A. Perú (South America)
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9B. Nigeria
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9C. Australia
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9D. The United States of America
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9E. Japan
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9F. China
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10. Raising global awareness: the role of non-governmental organisations: 10A. The role of NGOs in raising awareness: Alzheimer's Disease International
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10B. Perspectives from a developing nation
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11. The contribution of cross-cultural research to dementia care and policy -- an overview, focusing on the work of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group
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Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521857765
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dementia Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2010 ISBN 9780521857765
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521857767
Language:
English
Keywords:
Demenz
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Kulturvergleich
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511780615
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