Separate and Unequal: A Time to Reimagine Dementia.

The rapid emergence of COVID-19 has had far-reaching effects across all sectors of health and social care, but none more so than for residential long-term care homes. Mortality rates of older people with dementia in residential long-term care homes have been exponentially higher than the general public. Morbidity rates are also higher in these homes with the effects of government-imposed COVID-19 public health directives (e.

Performance of doctoring: a philosophical and methodological approach to medical conversation.

This paper advocates a philosophical and methodological approach to the medical conversation between doctor and patient. It engages the issue of subjectivity in medicine, focusing on the dialogue between patient and physician regarding health choices and subjective experience. A performatory approach to training physicians to communicate with their patients (rather than a cognitive approach to doctor-patient communication) is described.