The dementias – A review and a call for a disaggregated approach

The dementias – A review and a call for a disaggregated approach

•This paper proposes a ‘disaggregated approach’ to the science of dementia and its biomedical orientations.•The approach allows us to simultaneously rely on some biomedical texts while criticising others.•I highlight the limits of a dementia diagnosis and further show why statistics on dementia prev...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of aging studies 2017-08, Vol.42, p.22-31
1. Verfasser: Haeusermann, Tobias
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Awareness
Dementia - classification
Dementia - diagnosis
Dementia - epidemiology
Early Diagnosis
Humans
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Zusammenfassung:•This paper proposes a ‘disaggregated approach’ to the science of dementia and its biomedical orientations.•The approach allows us to simultaneously rely on some biomedical texts while criticising others.•I highlight the limits of a dementia diagnosis and further show why statistics on dementia prevalence need to be considered with care.
ISSN:0890-4065
1879-193X
DOI:10.1016/j.jaging.2017.06.004