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Alzheimer’s Dementia

Dilemmas in Clinical Research

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Vijaya L. Melnick

    1. Department of Biology and the Center of Applied Research and Urban Policy, University of the District of Columbia, USA

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  2. Nancy Neveloff Dubler

    1. Department of Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Legal and Science Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Current Frontiers in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Robert Katzman
      Pages 1-11

    3. Current Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects

      • Charles R. McCarthy
      Pages 13-18

    4. Clinical Symptoms Accompanying Progressive Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Barry Reisberg, Betty Gordon, Martin McCarthy, Steven H. Ferris
      Pages 19-39

    5. The Physician—Researcher

      • Robert J. Levine
      Pages 41-50

  6. Competency to Give Consent

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N9-N9
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About this book

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has historically been concerned with the protection of human subjects. In July 1977, the NIA sponsored a meeting to update and supplement guide­ lines for protecting those participating in Federal research pro­ jects. Although the basic guidelines had been in effect since 1966, it had been neglected to include the elderly as a vulnerable population. In November 1981, the NIA organized a conference on the ethical and legal issues related to informed consent in senile dementia cases. The present volume offers the latest and best thinking on Alzheimer's Dementia to have emerged from the dialog that was first embarked upon at the NIA meeting. Indeed, the issues and concerns it treats now seem even more relevant than they appeared historically because of the vastly greater awareness in the community of the entire spectrum of problems Alzheimer's disease confronts us all with. Our interest and concern is both humanitarian and self­ serving. Clearly older people must be protected from in­ appropriate research and careful attention must be paid to the circumstances under which research is conducted on those older persons who have given anything less than full consent. It is equally necessary, however, for the research enterprise to be protected so that today's elderly and those of the future can benefit from the fruits of research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology and the Center of Applied Research and Urban Policy, University of the District of Columbia, USA

    Vijaya L. Melnick

  • Department of Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA

    Nancy Neveloff Dubler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alzheimer’s Dementia

  • Book Subtitle: Dilemmas in Clinical Research

  • Editors: Vijaya L. Melnick, Nancy Neveloff Dubler

  • Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5174-3

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Humana Press, Inc. 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-067-1Published: 05 July 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9597-6Published: 11 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5174-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 312

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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