Human and ethical dimensions of health care for patients with Alzheimer.

Abstract

The human population is in a process of aging, which has modified the epidemiological pattern of diseases, and currently prevail chronic diseases and degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, on infectious diseases. This work will address aspects that condition the health care of people with this disease, from a human and ethical perspective. The literature emphasizes the role of ethics and humanism as necessary practices of the family, health services and society for the care of patients with dementia and in particular, Alzheimer.