Abstract

This is a critical response to “Fragile objects: A visual essay,” by Chapman et al. published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry : 185-189). Whilst “Fragile objects” is evocative of the author’ experience in sitting with a man, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I express concern that there are unwarranted and unsubstantiated conclusions drawn about Patrick’s phenomenological experience of dementia/Alzheimer’s.