| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 assessment in dementia: Norway / Knut Engedal and Øyvind Kirkevold ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Poland / Andrzej Kiejna, Joanna Rymaszewska, and Tomasz Hadrys' ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Portugal / Horácio Firmino, Pedro Silva Carvalho, and Joaquim Cerejeira ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Romania / Nicoleta Tǎtaru ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Spain / Fernando Marquez and Raimundo Mateos ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Sweden / Karin Sparring Björkstén ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Switzerland / Marc Graf and Eva Krebs-Roubicek ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: Czech Republic / Iva Holmerová, Martina Rokosová, Božena Jurašková, Hana Vaňková, Hana Čvančarová, Pavla Karmelitová, and Eva Provazníková ; Practice of competence assessment in dementia: UK / Sarmishtha Bhattacharyya and Alistair Burns |
| Summary |
Contains a summarised consensus as well as chapters on the state-of-art of neuropsychological functions and how they are related to the areas of competence and chapters which deals with ethical, legal perspectives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Dementia.
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Dementia -- Europe
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Older people -- Functional assessment -- Europe
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Older people.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Older people -- Functional assessment.
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Dementia -- psychology
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Aged
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Geriatric Assessment
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Mental Competency -- psychology
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Dementia
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elderly.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia.
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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Older people
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Cross-cultural studies
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Dementia
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Older people -- Functional assessment
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Europe.
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Europe |
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stoppe, Gabriela.
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European Dementia Consensus Network.
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| LC no. |
2007935991 |
| ISBN |
9783211723685 |
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3211723684 |
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9783211723692 |
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3211723692 |
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9786611216757 |
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6611216758 |
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