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  1. This book proposes a critique of mainstream ethics in dementia care. It provides a new way of understanding dementia by viewing it, not solely through a medical lens, but also as a social experience.

  3. The book provides an immersive, person-focused exploration of the disease through interviews and observational excerpts.



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Forgetting Items is in the upper echelons of social dementia research and deserves substantial positive attention for an entertaining and revelatory contribution to the field.

* Symbolic Interaction *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments


Introduction


Chapter One: The Organization of Repairing Exchanges


Chapter Two: Losing Credibility


Chapter Three: The Deference Industry


Chapter Four: Reconstituting People


Conclusion


Notes

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    A Paperback / softback by Baptiste Brossard

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 31/07/2019
      ISBN13: 9780253044983, 978-0253044983
      ISBN10: 0253044987
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      1. This book proposes a critique of mainstream ethics in dementia care. It provides a new way of understanding dementia by viewing it, not solely through a medical lens, but also as a social experience.

      3. The book provides an immersive, person-focused exploration of the disease through interviews and observational excerpts.



      Trade Review

      Forgetting Items is in the upper echelons of social dementia research and deserves substantial positive attention for an entertaining and revelatory contribution to the field.

      * Symbolic Interaction *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments


      Introduction


      Chapter One: The Organization of Repairing Exchanges


      Chapter Two: Losing Credibility


      Chapter Three: The Deference Industry


      Chapter Four: Reconstituting People


      Conclusion


      Notes

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