Constructing the Alzheimer Patient
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21237053 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marion Droz Mendelzweig (0000-0003-4950-8617, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 55-79 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science & Technology Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2243-4690 • E-ISSN: 2243-4690 |
| Publisher | Science and Technology Studies (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.23987/sts.55239 |
| OpenAlex | W2273594015 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Identifying a tipping point that might draw a distinction between normal and pathological ageing is a diffi cult task. This paper reviews various steps that lead to establishing a diagnosis of dementia disorders as it is done in a memory clinic. It analyses the way different data is collected in the patient’s daily life. The steps, including a patient’s neurological status, neuropsychological tests and MRI, are interwoven with regard to identifying Alzheimer’s disease. The mild cognitive impairment category that emerges from this process appears as a grey zone, useful to the practitioners and patients despite the controversies underlying the concept. By questioning the performative dynamic stemming from the encounters between patients with cognitive concerns and professionals, this paper intends to fi nd out how this activity contributes to the standardization of the disease outlines, and how this process contributes to separating ageing signs from a pathological way of becoming aged
Cognition · Cognitive impairment · Cognitive psychology · Dementia · Disease · Epistemology · Management · Memory clinic · Neuropsychological assessment · Neuropsychology · Pathological · Pathology · Performative utterance · Psychiatry · Standardization · Computer Science · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Neurology and Historical Studies · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2019 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |