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This article discusses nine important medical ethical issues following the progression of irreversible dementia from diagnosis to dying. Issues include prevention, research, truth telling, advance planning, cognitive-enhancing drugs, driving restrictions, respectful caring, distribution, justice, and natural dying.
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Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4976, USA.
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