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Commentary on the paper 'Dementia diagnosis and white lies
— a necessary evil for carers of dementia patients?' | | Author(s) | Toby Williamson |
| Journal title | International Journal of Care and Caring, vol 2, no 1, February 2018 |
| Publisher | Policy Press, February 2018 |
| Pages | pp 139-44 |
| Source | http://policypress.co.uk/journals/international-jo... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Communication ; Social ethics ; Informal care ; Case studies. |
| Annotation | The problems described by Ginny Russell in her article are not only ethical, they can also be practical and emotional. The author of this article suggests that there may be a way of framing 'non-truth telling' in a more positive way, without ignoring the dilemmas that it inherently contains. He is also the author of a report of a national enquiry into truth telling in dementia care by the Mental Health Foundation in 2016, which was accompanied by a review of the evidence collected. The enquiry observes that the general concept of truth telling is unproblematic, until it has to be denied and an untruth told, as ways of maximising the well-being of, and minimising the distress to, the person with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180406208 A |
| Classmark | EA: LK7: U: TQ: P6: 69P |
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