Book contents
- Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
- Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Diagnosing the Injustices Faced by People Living with Dementia
- 3 Severe Cognitive Disability and the Relationship between Moral and Social Equality
- 4 Determining the Authentic Interests of People Living with Dementia
- 5 The Indirect-First Approach
- 6 The Imperative of Professional Dementia Care
- 7 Can the Secure Dementia Unit Be Justified?
- 8 Dementia, Equality, and the Law of the United Kingdom
- 9 Dementia and the Problem of Speaking for Others
- 10 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
7 - Can the Secure Dementia Unit Be Justified?
Building Egalitarian Dementia Care Infrastructure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2025
Book contents
- Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
- Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Diagnosing the Injustices Faced by People Living with Dementia
- 3 Severe Cognitive Disability and the Relationship between Moral and Social Equality
- 4 Determining the Authentic Interests of People Living with Dementia
- 5 The Indirect-First Approach
- 6 The Imperative of Professional Dementia Care
- 7 Can the Secure Dementia Unit Be Justified?
- 8 Dementia, Equality, and the Law of the United Kingdom
- 9 Dementia and the Problem of Speaking for Others
- 10 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
Summary
Secure dementia units (SDUs) rely on a degree of coercive control that might strike many of us as intuitively unjust. This chapter, however, cautions against the idea that justice demands their elimination. Setting out the limits of community care models, it makes the case for the limited use of suitably reformed SDUs. While they ought not to be the first choice for meeting the care needs of people living with dementia, the chapter defends the view that these institutions are essential to the social care infrastructure of a just society.
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- Relating to People Living with Dementia as EqualsTowards Social Justice in Dementia Care, pp. 133 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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