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Ethics and dementia: mapping the literature by bibliometric analysis
- Authors:
- BALDWIN Clive, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(1), January 2003, pp.41-54.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reports on a bibliometric analysis of keywords in the literature on ethics and dementia during the period 1980-2000. Keywords were drawn from titles, abstracts and keyword fields of 14 bibliographic databases and clustered in to 19 categories. These categories were then examined for their frequency and co-occurrences. Four categories appear consistently and frequently in the literature: professional care, end-of-life issues, decision-making and treatment. Other issues come and go (such as quality-of-life issues) while others appear to respond to outside events (e.g. feeding issues). The research literature is based predominantly on surveys or studies soliciting responses to predefined issues. Little research has been undertaken to establish the range of ethical issues for either family members or professionals