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Who Should Assess the Needs of and Care for a Dementia Patient's Caregiver?
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Who Should Assess the Needs of and Care for a Dementia Patient's Caregiver?

Laura N Gitlin and Nancy A Hodgson
AMA journal of ethics, v 18(12), pp 1171-1181
01 Dec 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.ecas1-1612
PMID: 28009243
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Abstract

Caregivers Cost of Illness Delivery of Health Care Dementia Ethics, Clinical Family Female Health Personnel - ethics Health Services Needs and Demand Humans Moral Obligations Professional Role
Using a clinical case example, we examine whether health and human service professionals have a moral obligation to assess and address the needs of family caregivers of persons with dementia and, if so, the challenges in doing so under current health care and reimbursement mechanisms. We also discuss specific strategies for involving caregivers.

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