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The lived experience of risk for a person with a recent diagnosis of dementia (Alzheimer's type): a longitudinal phenomenological study
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Osborne, Sally (2016) The lived experience of risk for a person with a recent diagnosis of dementia (Alzheimer's type): a longitudinal phenomenological study. PhD thesis, Victoria University.
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Abstract
This longitudinal qualitative study explored the lived experience of risk for people with a recent diagnosis of dementia (Alzheimer’s type). Risk is a concept used in dementia research when examining choice and decision-making, and is primarily a negative phenomenon associated with danger and hazard. In this study, risk is used as an exemplar of autonomy and rights—rights to independent action taken with free will and choice. These rights are entwined with key principles we live by: personal autonomy—the right to act independently—to take a risk.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | dementia, risks, risk-taking, life change, psychology, transition, ageing, phenomenology, hermeneutic, experiences, uncertainty, health policy |
| Subjects: | FOR Classification > 1117 Public Health and Health Services FOR Classification > 1605 Policy and Administration FOR Classification > 1701 Psychology Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > College of Arts |
| Depositing User: | VU Library |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2017 23:32 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2018 04:27 |
| URI: | http://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/35040 |
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