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Index AARP Foundation Litigation, 247 abuse, patient, 271, 272, 306 acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs), 55, 82, 330–42; decision making on, 331, 333–39; effects of, 330, 331–32, 337; negative effects of, 339–40; research on, 330, 340–41; side effects of, 331, 332, 339; types of, 330, 331–32 activities of daily living (ADL), 262, 265, 269, 311–13, 332, 333 Act of Supervision (Sweden), 222 AD. See Alzheimer disease ADAS (Alzheimer disease assessment scale), 313 Addington-Hall, J., 87, 231 ADI. See Alzheimer’s Disease International ADL. See activities of daily living advance directives, ix, xv–xvi, 55, 57, 92; and autonomy, 140, 144, 188, 252, 255, 267, 307–8; benefits of, 188–89, 192–93; and best-interest judgments, 174; and competence, 168, 188, 189–90, 191, 193; and culture, 255; and decision making, 127, 128, 164, 181–99, 252, 262, 267; education on, 189, 252, 262, 266–68; elements of, 190–92; and euthanasia, 227, 232, 234–35, 237; and hospice model, 244; in hospital-based care, 87; and informed consent , 165, 167–68; limitations of, 307–8; and nurses, 251, 252; percentage of patients with, 252; and precedent autonomy, 121–22; and research, 272, 273, 321; and terminal illness, 190–91, 267, 308; and then vs. now self, 204–5; and tube feeding, 126–27, 191, 267; types of, 164, 189; and values, 266, 307–8; and wills, 268. See also living wills; power of attorney , durable African Americans, 255 agency, 118, 135–38, 139, 140 aggression, 83, 186, 218, 219, 265; of caregivers, 102; and medication, 192, 221, 222; and pain, 222–23 aging: and memory loss, 38, 47, 48; normal process of, 1, 3, 312; of population, x, 14, 63, 84, 98, 311; research on, 311, 314, 317 agnosia, 33, 34, 41 AHOPE. See Alzheimer’s Hospice Placement Evaluation Scale Ahronheimm, J., 86 AIDS patients, 47, 50, 52, 246 alcoholism, 52 Altman, D., 87 Alzheimer, Alois, 1–3 Alzheimer disease (AD): clinical challenges of diagnosis of, 48–55; as distinct disease, 1, 2–3; duration of, 81, 200–201; financial burden of, 13–14; genetic factors in, 48, 49, 54, 61, 312–17, 325; increasing prevalence of, 14–20, 61, 76, 98, 187, 195–96, 200, 227, 229, 231, 290, 302, 311, 320; infantilizing effects of, 183–84; models of, 171–74; neuropathology of, 24–46; perceptions of, 291–93; resources for, 192, 264, 267–68; risk factors for, 54, 312, 315, 317; as terminal disease, 190; terminology for, xiv–xv Alzheimer disease assessment scale (ADAS), 313 Alzheimer Europe, 345 Alzheimer organizations, 267–68, 271, 272, 274 Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), 17, 263, 273 Alzheimer’s Hospice Placement Evaluation Scale (AHOPE), 246, 254 Alzheimer Society of Canada, 267 m American Alzheimer’s Association, xiv, 192, 245, 338, 345; Safe Return Program of, 271 American Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, 255 American College of Physicians, 191 American Geriatric Society, 245 American Hospital Association Patient’s Bill of Rights, 187 Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), 302 amyloid protein, 53, 54; beta, 314, 315. See also plaques, neuritic amytrophic lateral sclerosis, 54 Anderson, Elizabeth, 301 anthropology: medical, in bioethics, 152–53, 154, 157; philosophical, 132–33, 137–38, 139, 140, 141, 142–43 Antonowsky, A., 203 aphasia, 33, 34, 204, 265. See also language APOE-4 gene, 312, 313, 315, 317 apolipoprotein E, 54, 273, 313, 317 Aricept (donepezil), 331, 335 assessment tools. See rating scales attitudes: towards aging, x; towards disability in U.S., 291; towards incapacitated persons, 279–80; in medical ethics, 151; towards palliative care, 66, 71–72, 147, 150; in post-Communist countries, 286–88; power, 109 Australia, 227, 256 authenticity: and autonomy, 283–84, 288; vs. autonomy, 72–76; and caregivers, 75; and cognitive functions, 283; and communication , 283–84; and decision making, 75, 283–84, 286; and dependence, 74–75; and emotion, 283–84; European model of, 285–86; as value, 283–86 autonomic nervous system, 125 autonomy, xiv, xv; and advance directives, 140, 144, 165–66, 188, 252, 255, 267, 307–8; antecedent , 173; assisted, 208; as authenticity, 283–84, 288; vs. authenticity, 72–76; benefits of, 142–43; bodily, 73–74, 115–30; of caregivers , 299; and choice, 133, 136, 137, 167, 189–90, 236–37; and competence, 121, 139–40, 163–65, 166, 194, 214, 215; crisis of, 208–10; and culture, 255, 256, 282; and decision making , 73, 121, 132, 138–39, 140, 144, 193, 223, 224...

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