||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Dr. J|A classic in our field of dementia studies, a book that will never go out of print.||The book deserves to be widely read by sociologists, medical practioners, social workers, nurses, and others: it provides alternative understandings of dementia upon which new forms of practice might be developed. Most important, however is the challenge with
In this study the social construction of dementia is examined closely for the first time. Nancy Harding and Colin Palfrey show how Western society sees dementia as a disease, rather than a natural part of the ageing process. They take issue with the constructed view of the body as a machine, whose parts 'break down' and need replacement. Furthermore, the authors argue, the various explanations of the causes of dementia are nothing but speculation dressed up as theori...
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