NY Times article entitled "Early Alzheimer's Detection: Should Patients Be Told?" As diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's identify the disease earlier and earlier, this article discusses a moral dilemma of telling patients about a diagnosis that has no cure. Should patients be told only that they have increased risk factors? What could the medical field do to prepare these patients for their diagnosis and future?
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Early Alzheimer's Detection
NY Times article entitled "Early Alzheimer's Detection: Should Patients Be Told?" As diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's identify the disease earlier and earlier, this article discusses a moral dilemma of telling patients about a diagnosis that has no cure. Should patients be told only that they have increased risk factors? What could the medical field do to prepare these patients for their diagnosis and future?
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