An ethnography of dementia - A case study of an Alzheimer's disease patient in the Netherlands

Journal/Book: Cult Med Psychiat. 1998; 22: Spuiboulevard 50, PO Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publ. 355-382.

Abstract: The experiences of dementia sufferers have rarely been examined in sociological literature. This article seeks to describe the experiences of one Alzheimer's Disease patient at the point of institutionalization in order to address a series of questions. Can Alzheimer's Disease patients be thought of as experiencing subjects? Is experience tied to modes of expression? An answer to this set of questions is sought by problematizing the concept of 'voice,' freeing it from a restricted location in natural language to embed it in other forms of embodiment.

Note: Article Chatterji R, Univ Delhi, Delhi Sch Econ, Dept Sociol, Delhi 110007, INDIA

Keyword(s): SENILITY

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