Alzheimer’s disease: history, ethics and medical humanities in the context of assisted suicide

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-530394
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.53039

Braun, Birgit

; Demling, Joachim ; Loew, Thomas Horst

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Abstract

Introduction Dementia diseases, especially Alzheimer’s disease (AD), are of considerable importance in terms of social policy and health economics. Moreover, against the background of the current Karlsruhe judgement on the legalisation of assisted suicide, there are also questions to be asked about medical humanities in AD. Methodology Relevant literature on complementary forms of therapy and ...