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Ethical issues in dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alistair Burns  and
John Harris
Alistair Burns*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Withington Hospital West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
John Harris
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
*
∗Correspondence
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Public debate on dementia has intensified recently with scientific advances being scrutinised in the media, the genetics of Alzheimer's disease regularly portrayed as inextricably linked with the personal agony of whether to have ‘the test’ (which exists only for a small number of people) and the announcement by ex US President Ronald Reagan that he suffers from the disease. Several different areas provoke interest and speculation and this brief article attempts to highlight some, based on a recent meeting on the subject.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , February 1996 , pp. 107 - 108
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

References

Lovestone, S. & Harper, P. (1994) A genetic test for Alzheimer's disease? Psychiatric Bulletin, 8, 645.Google Scholar
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