Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. The aging brain and mind: cultural and anthropological perspectives Kua Ee Heok; 2. Mild cognitive impairment: current concepts and cross cultural issues Seethalakshmi Ramanathan and Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy; 3. Alzheimer's Disease: the African American story Hugh Hendrie; 4. Vascular cognitive impairment: 4A. The syndrome of vascular cognitive impairment: current concepts J. V. Bowler; 4B. Debate: is vascular dementia more common in some parts of the world? Yes Suvarna Alladi; No R. Stewart; 5. Cross cultural issues of global significance: 5A. Infections and dementia - the view from a developing nation P. Satishchandra and Vijayan Joy; 5B. Nutrition and dementia - where is the nexus? Alan D. Dangour and Ricardo Uauy; 6. Assessment: 6A. The experience of assessing cognition across cultures Kathleen S. Hall; 6B. Assessing behavior in dementia across cultures Vorapun Senanarong and Jeffrey L. Cummings; 7. Psychosocial factors: 7A. Quality of life in dementia: global perspective and transcultural issues Caroline Selai, Demetris Pillas and Annabel Dodds; 7B. Caregiving for dementia: global perspectives and transcultural issues T. Alphons, E. S. Krishnamoorthy and K. Gomez; 7C. Care arrangements for patients with dementia: China Helen Chiu, Joshua Tsoh and Xin Yu; 8. Service delivery and management: 8A. Dementia services: developing rural and remote services Sadanand Rajkumar and Julia Lane; 8B. Non-pharmacological approachs: patient centred approaches S. Kalyanasundaram; 9. The clinical approach to the person with dementia: 9A. Perú (South America) Mariella Guerra; 9B. Nigeria Richard Uwakwe; 9C. Australia David Ames and Eleanor Flynn; 9D. The United States of America Jeffrey L. Cummings; 9E. Japan Akira Homma; 9F. China Joshua Tsoh, Helen Chiu and Xin Yu; 10. Raising global awareness: the role of non-governmental organisations: 10A. The role of NGOs in raising awareness: Alzheimer's Disease International Marc Wortmann; 10B. Perspectives from a developing nation Jacob Roy Kuriakose; 11. The contribution of cross-cultural research to dementia care and policy - an overview, focusing on the work of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group Martin J. Prince; Index.
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Dementia : a global approach. ISBN 9780521857765. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
