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This is a critical response to “Fragile objects: A visual essay,” by Chapman et al. published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (2019, 16(2): 185-189). Whilst “Fragile objects” is evocative of the author(s)’ experience in sitting with a man (“Patrick”), 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.
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Although I acknowledge that people experience the diminishing of sense of “self” as a loss in the early stages of dementia.
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Macneill, P. A Response to “Fragile Objects”. Bioethical Inquiry 17, 21–23 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-019-09955-9
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