The Wreckage of Our Flesh: Dementia, Autonomy and Personhood

Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-203

  Nys, Thomas R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance Directive; Critical Interest; Experiential Interest; Normative Authority; Severe Dementia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101514546     PISSN: 13876678     EISSN: 22150323     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5335-8_11     Document Type: Chapter

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