On Psychological Continuity and Dementia

Hastings Cent Rep. 2023 Jan;53(1):50-51. doi: 10.1002/hast.1461.

Abstract

This letter responds to the article "On the Authority of Advance Euthanasia Directives for People with Severe Dementia: Reflections on a Dutch Case," by Henri Wijsbek and Thomas Nys, in the September-October 2022 issue of the Hastings Center Report.

Keywords: advance directives; bioethics; dementia; psychological continuity; someone else problem.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Advance Directives / psychology
  • Dementia* / psychology
  • Euthanasia*
  • Humans