Severe dementia
By: editors, Alistair Burns, Bengt Winblad.
Contributors: Burns, Alistair S.; Winblad, Bengt.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons,Ltd; John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Dementia.; Dementia -- Chemotherapy.; Dementia -- Treatment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Assessment and diagnosis of severe dementia / Paul Newhouse, Joseph Lasek; title: Cholinergic and serotonergic systems in severe dementia / Sally I. Sharp, Paul T. Francis and Clive Ballard; title: The molecular pathology of severe dementia / Clive Holmes; title: Cognitive functions in severe dementia / Judith Saxton and Franc̦ois Boller; title: Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia : agitation / E. Jane Byrne, Deborah Collins and Alistair Burns; title: Depression in severe dementia / Kate Bielinski and Brian Lawlor; title: Physical aspects of severe Alzheimer's disease / Bruno Vellas; title: Clinical features of severe dementia : staging / Barry Reisberg, Jerzy Wegiel, Emile Franssen, Sridhar Kadiyala, Stefanie Auer, Linduïn Souren, Marwan Sabbagh and James Golomb; title: Clinical features of severe dementia : function / Serge Gauthier; title: Drug treatment : memantine / Anton P. Porsteinsson and Pierre N. Tariot; title: Drug treatment : cholinesterase inhibitors / Michael Woodward and Howard H. Feldman; title: Drug treatment : treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia with neuroleptics / Peter Paul De Deyn; title: Non-pharmacological treatment of severe dementia : an overview / Ross Overshott and Alistair Burns; title: Non-pharmacological treatment of severe dementia : the Seattle protocols / Rebecca G. Logsdon, Linda Teri and Sue M. McCurry; title: Care by families for late stage dementia / Steve H. Zarit and Joseph E. Gaugler; title: Person-centred care for people with severe dementia / Murna Downs, Neil Small and Katherine Froggatt; title: Palliative care in patients with severe dementia / Raymond T.C.M. Koopmans, H. Roeline W. Pasman and Jenny T. van der Steen; title: Narrative ethics and ethical narratives in dementia / Clive Baldwin; title: Health economics of severe dementia / Anders Wimo and Bengt Winblad.