Ordinary Prosthetics: An Essay on Dementia and Alienation in Quebec.

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Medical Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI:10.1080/01459740.2025.2597226

Annette Leibing

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Abstract

Based on fieldwork in Quebec, in a home for 14 older people who were diagnosed with dementia - the Carpe Diem - the central proposal of this article is to suggest "alienation" as a way to rethink dementia care. This is based on the insight that the notion of personhood can become a fallacy of care when understood as continuity with the past and empathy, as is often the case in person-centered care. Alienation here consists of three central elements: ordinariness, prosthetics, and a critical reflection on origins, by paying attention to "what is wrong" in assemblages of care.

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普通假肢：一篇关于魁北克的痴呆和异化的文章。

基于在魁北克的实地调查，在一个为14名被诊断患有痴呆症的老年人提供服务的家中——Carpe Diem——本文的中心建议是建议将“异化”作为重新思考痴呆症护理的一种方式。这是基于这样一种见解，即当人格的概念被理解为与过去的连续性和同理心时，就会成为一种护理谬论，就像以人为中心的护理中经常出现的情况一样。这里的异化包括三个核心要素：平凡、矫饰和对起源的批判性反思，通过关注关怀组合中的“错在哪里”。

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Medical Anthropology Multiple-

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4.10

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4.30%

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