New book from DOM faculty: "Dementia and the Advance Directive: Lessons from the Bedside"
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A new book from Department of Medicine assistant professor Dr. Marcia Sokolowski is exploring the world of advance directives for patients with dementia. Based on real life ethics consultations Dr. Sokolowski has undertaken, the cases in Dementia and the Advance Directive: Lessons from the Bedside depict the moral issues arising in a variety of healthcare facilities. The dynamics of the interdisciplinary health care teams of these patients, along with the dynamics of the families who are grappling to best serve their loved ones, are outlined and assessed; and the role each player’s personal histories have on the ethical issues and their resolution in real life are explored. Following each anonymized case study, a range of concepts introduced in the beginning of the book are applied to the relevant case study, thus integrating theory with a case-based approach.
Dr. Sokolowski is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine’s Geriatric Medicine division and the Co-Director of Ethics at Baycrest Health Sciences.
