'Self-care without a self': Alzheimer's disease and the concept of personal responsibility for health

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-324

  Naue, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Aspects of self personhood; Autonomy and rationality; Empowerment and the self care concept; Normality; Personal responsibility for health; Powe rrelations; Public health policies; Self care; Technologies of the self

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 50249087396     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-008-9125-3     Document Type: Article

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