Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices.

Several million Americans are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementing disorder. For families, professional caregivers, policymakers, and the patients themselves, the challenges are immense, and the economic costs are staggering. The editors bring together experts in gerontology, geriatrics, psychiatry, neurology, nursing, ethics, philosophy, public policy, and law to examine the ethical, moral, and policy controversies surrounding dementia.

The authors first present background information on dementia and related ethical and policy issues. The remainder of the book...