Preventing Dementia? : Critical Perspectives on a New Paradigm of Preparing for Old Age
The conceptualization of dementia has changed dramatically in recent years with the claim that, through early detection and by controlling several risk factors, a prevention of dementia is possible. Although encouraging and providing hope against this feared condition, this claim is open to scrutiny...
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Berghahn Books
2021
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