Background
Post, Stephen Garrard was born on May 6, 1951 in Bayshore, New York, United States. Son of Henry Albertson Van Zo and Marguerite Magee Post.
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The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying by Post, Stephen G. (2000) Paperback
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The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying
( Society today, writes Stephen Post, is "hypercognitive"...)
Society today, writes Stephen Post, is "hypercognitive": it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, which over an extended period incrementally rob patients of exactly those functions, raise many dilemmas. How are we to view―and value―persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities? In the second edition of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Post updates his highly praised account of the major ethical issues relating to dementia care. With chapters organized to follow the progression from mild to severe and then terminal stages of dementia, Post discusses topics including the experience of dementia, family caregiving, genetic testing for Alzheimer disease, quality of life, and assisted suicide and euthanasia. New to this edition are sections dealing with end-of-life issues (especially artificial nutrition and hydration), the emerging cognitive-enhancing drugs, distributive justice, spirituality, and hospice, as well as a critique of rationalistic definitions of personhood. The last chapter is a new summary of practical solutions useful to family members and professionals.
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Stephen Garrard Post
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Education
Master of Arts in religious studies, University Chicago, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Ethics and Society, University Chicago, 1983.
Career
Professor department humanities Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York, 1985—1988. Professor department bioethics School Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, since 1988. Member national ethics advisory board Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, since 1997.
Board advisors John Templeton Foundation, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1998—2002. President Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, Altruism, Compassion, Service, Cleveland, since 2001.
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The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying
( Society today, writes Stephen Post, is "hypercognitive"...)
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The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying by Post, Stephen G. (2000) Paperback
(2nd)
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The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying
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Religion
Episcopalian