[HTML][HTML] Cognitivism ageing: The Alzheimer conundrum as switched ontology & the potential for a new materialist dementia

JR Fletcher - Journal of Aging Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Following recent regulatory approvals for anti-Alzheimer's monoclonal antibodies, this paper
considers the contemporary role of cognitivism in defining the ontological commitments of …

Beyond Local Domains: Connective Ontology in (Post-) Cognitive Sociology

JR Fletcher - Sociological Research Online, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Ontology in cognitive science has long been dominated by cognitivism, developing
computer science metaphors to position cognition as intrinsic mind-brain information …

The ethnographer, the research participants, and the meaningful others: Gray zones of relationality and the ethics of dementia care research

B Pieta, F Diodati - Journal of Aging Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
The debate on the ethics of dementia research has tended to treat individuals with dementia,
primary caregivers other family members and local communities as preestablished and …

Publishing the biotechnical futures of Alzheimer's disease

JR Fletcher - AJOB neuroscience, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In “Journeying to Ixtlan,” Peterson and colleagues (2023) evaluate some of the potential
ethical implications of treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) with psychedelic medicines. In this …

The Political Life of Research Ethics Committees and What It Means for Ethnographic Research

C Douglas, B Pieta - Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2024 - medanthrotheory.org
This r eview discusses three pieces of work, that is, a conference panel and two books, that
deal with the role of research ethics committees (RECs) in regulating b iomedical research …

[PDF][PDF] Social Work perspectives on Mental Capacity Act decision making in the context of practice with people with young onset dementia

S Brown - 2023 - pure.royalholloway.ac.uk
Abstract The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) in England and Wales provides a legal
framework for those who lack capacity to make decisions. Social workers use the MCA to …