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Alzheimer Disease and the "Then" Self
- Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 5, Number 4, December 1995
- pp. 307-321
- 10.1353/ken.0.0155
- Article
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Abstract
The authority of the intact self over the future severely demented self is based on notions of integrity and precedent autonomy. Despite criticism of this authority, the principle of precedent autonomy in the care of people with Alzheimer disease or other progressive and irreversible dementias retains its moral significance.
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