Safeguards needed to prevent discrimination of early Alzheimer's patients in the workplace
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
Despite the emergence of new tools that can diagnose Alzheimer's earlier, no effective interventions have been identified to stop the progression of the disease. A new report tackles the ethical and logistical challenges of safely and effectively communicating a diagnosis of pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease in light of the gulf between diagnosis and treatment.