
Rethinking Dementia
Ripples and Responses
By: Michael Chapman, Mirranda Burton (Illustrator)
Paperback | 13 September 2024
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The book encourages us to consider dementia not as the condition of an isolated individual but as a process of change within a social and relational system. Dementia challenges deeply held values of 'autonomy', 'individualism', 'independence', 'consistency' and ideas of personhood.
Rather than focus on the question of a 'cure' for dementia, Chapman investigates how it is possible for networks of people to understand and learn from the changes that the arrival of dementia in their midst bring about. Chapman gives important historical, social, medical and philosophical context to the medicalised view of dementia that prevails today. He shows that dementia has had and can have many meanings and can provide many opportunties for rethinking deeply held assumptions.
The book is written for a wide public and will be an important resource for those who belong to the networks of family and carers who work with people directly touched by dementia and for dementia sufferers themselves.
About the Author
Dr Michael Chapman is a Palliative Care Physician and the Director of Palliative Care at Canberra Hospital. His research into the ethics and practice of end of life care has been widely published.
About the Illustrator
Born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Mirranda is an artist living and working on Wurundjeri country/Melbourne, Australia. Graduating from an Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (North Adelaide School of Art, 1995) and a Bachelor of Multimedia Design (Swinburne University of Technology, 2005), she has more than twenty years of experience working between fine arts, printmaking, independent and commercial animation, education, illustration and graphic story telling.
ISBN: 9780645588118
ISBN-10: 0645588113
Published: 13th September 2024
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 296
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: PALAVER
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.57 x 1.58
Weight (kg): 0.42
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