Finlay Mairi R
, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK,
J Relig Health. 2015 Feb;54(1):279-86. doi: 10.1007/s10943-013-9813-z.
The experience of dementia is raises many important questions about the nature of self and personhood. No disease is experienced in isolation and dementia embodies this. Ideas of loss of self and loss of life feature strongly in dementia and have the potential to profoundly affect a person's spirituality. The Christian faith offers the possibility of retaining and recovering the sense of personhood and connection with God and others. This allows for the possibility of hope.
痴呆症的经历引发了许多关于自我本质和人格的重要问题。没有哪种疾病是孤立存在的，痴呆症就体现了这一点。自我丧失和生命丧失的观念在痴呆症中表现得很突出，并且有可能深刻影响一个人的精神性。基督教信仰提供了保留和恢复人格意识以及与上帝和他人联系的可能性。这使得希望成为可能。
