Comments on research in the social sciences pertaining to Alzheimer's disease: a more humble approach

This paper suggests that social scientists should make greater efforts to s tudy those questions that truly address the daily needs of the AD community ; that they should be more creative in their approach to future care, espec ially with regard to the social implications of new anti-dementia drugs and other treatments that may alter the course of the disease; and that more r esearch is needed with respect to end of life care, and the controversies s urrounding the use of tube-feeding and antibiotics.