DISCOURSE ETHICS - RESEARCH, DEMENTIA, AND COMMUNICATION

Authors
POST SG RIPICH DN WHITEHOUSE PJ
Citation
Sg. Post et al., DISCOURSE ETHICS - RESEARCH, DEMENTIA, AND COMMUNICATION, Alzheimer disease and associated disorders, 8, 1994, pp. 58-65
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Pathology
Journal title
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders → ACNP
ISSN journal
08930341
Volume
8
Year of publication
1994
Supplement
4
Pages
58 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0893-0341(1994)8:<58:DE-RDA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This article begins with a brief statement of why Alzheimer disease (A D) research is an especially significant issue in bioethics. It then d escribes ''discourse ethics'' as an ethical methodology well suited fo r public deliberation on this topic. Finally, the article takes up the practical importance of communication techniques in research with AD- affected people, a point of emphasis that naturally arises from the id ea of discourse ethics.