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" Humean dissolution, there remains the undiminished possibility of reintegration by art, by communion, by touching the human spirit: and this can be preserved in what seems at first a hopeless state of neurological devastation, (p. "
Creative Writing in Health and Social Care - Page 58
by Fiona Sampson - 2004 - 240 pages
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The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks - Medical - 1987 - 268 pages
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Ecology of the Body: Styles of Behavior in Human Life

Joseph Lyons - Psychology - 1987 - 368 pages
...became a changed person, "deeply attentive to the beauty and 'soul' of the world," showing thereby "the undiminished possibility of reintegration by art, by communion, by touching the human spirit." 17 It is of some interest to pull out of this case study the evidence for two kinds of memories, two...
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Illness Narratives The

Arthur Kleinman - Medical - 1988 - 312 pages
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Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia: Fundamentals for Pastoral Practice

Larry VandeCreek - Medical - 1999 - 150 pages
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Concepts of Alzheimer Disease: Biological, Clinical, and Cultural Perspectives

Peter J. Whitehouse, Konrad Maurer, Jesse F. Ballenger - Health & Fitness - 2000 - 352 pages
...Without asserting the existence of a soul that lies beneath the confusion of dementia, Sacks does assert "the undiminished possibility of reintegration by...first a hopeless state of neurological devastation" (39). PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE: A HYPERCOGNITIVE IMPERATIVE Advocates of PAS...
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Growing Old in Christ

Stanley Hauerwas - Family & Relationships - 2003 - 324 pages
...determines personal being. Perhaps there is a philosophical as well as a clinical lesson here: that in Korsakov's, or dementia, or other such catastrophes,...first a hopeless state of neurological devastation, (p. 39) 192 There is a philosophical as well as a clinical lesson in Jimmie's case, and Sacks describes...
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Humanity in Healthcare: The Heart and Soul of Medicine

Peter Barritt - Humanities - 2005 - 412 pages
...that in Korsakov's, or dementia, or other such catastrophes, however great the organic damage . . . there remains the undiminished possibility of reintegration...what seems at first a hopeless state of neurological devastation.26 (P- 37) References 1 Rilke R (1993) Letters to a Young Poet. WW Norton & Co., New York....
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When Words Have Lost Their Meaning: Alzheimer's Patients Communicate Through Art

Ruth Abraham - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 238 pages
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Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability ...

Elizabeth MacKinlay - Medical - 2008 - 272 pages
...in Korsakov's, or dementia, or other such catastrophes, however great the organic damage and human dissolution, there remains the undiminished possibility...hopeless state of neurological devastation. (Sacks 1985, pp.38-9) Sacks' scientific background and his anthropological research provide fresh insights...
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