THE MEDICALIZATION OF DEMENTIA

被引：58

作者：

BOND, J

机构：

来源：

JOURNAL OF AGING STUDIES | 1992年 / 6卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/0890-4065(92)90020-7

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

This article describes the contribution of medicine to the social construction of dementia and examines the impact of the medicalization of dementia on people with dementia and their informal caregivers. Favorable and unfavorable aspects of the medicalization of dementia are described. The article concludes that by challenging the biomedical model of dementia society will help generate new social relationships between people with dementia and their fellow human beings.

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页码：397 / 403

页数：7

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