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Learning from the profound challenge of dementia is an urgent priority. Success will require a critical deconstruction of current cultural and linguistic representations of this condition, and a kindling of novel and courageous approaches to re-conceptualise dementia's meaning and experience. This symposium collects provocative ideas arising from various discourses, theoretical perspectives, and methodolgical approaches to explore new ways to understand dementia.
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Chapman, M., Philip, J. & Komesaroff, P. Learning From the Cultural Challenge of Dementia. Bioethical Inquiry 16, 159–162 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-019-09916-2
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