Abstract

CASADO, María  and  BUXO, Mª Jesús. Asedio compasivo: los vericuetos del cuidar. Rev. Bioética y Derecho [online]. 2013, n.28, pp.4-19. ISSN 1886-5887.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1886-58872013000200002.

Alzheimer's is on the way to becoming one of the world's most serious health care problems. Associated with the rising average age of the population, it is one of the diseases with the highest impact particularly on both persons affected by it, their close relatives and the health system and, in general, the whole of society. There is currently no cure for this disease and the speed of its development remains unknown although a long period of opportunity between detecting the disease and the onset of the first symptoms has been noticed. So the greatest efforts in research and discoveries have focused on detecting the disease at an early stage. This leads us to observe the existence of a major bioethical problem in this period linked to health and family care which concerns the autonomy, privacy and dignity of persons detected. Abuse can be committed at home, in care homes and hospitals, but how this is done in one place or the other differs, so additional variables to already established protocols regarding abuse in hospitals and Ethics Care Committees have to be considered, such as compassionate harassment.

Keywords : vulnerability; Alzheimer; early diagnosis; autonomy; abuse; Human Rights.

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