Memory, Persons and Dementia

Studies in Christian Ethics 29 (3):256-260 (2016)
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Memory is a complex phenomenon, so the loss of memory that occurs in dementia is equally complex. Accounts that deny personhood to dementia sufferers typically fail to accommodate that complexity.

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