1. Issue Editors' Note

   • Mark Kuczewski
   • Robyn Shapiro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 1

2. The Burden of Dementia: A Medical and Research Perspective

   • Piero Antuono
   • Jan Beyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 13

3. Ethics in Long-Term Care: Are the Principles Different?

   • Mark G. Kuczewski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 29

4. Pain Assessment and Management in the Long-Term Care Setting

   • David E. Weissman
   • Sandra Matson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 43

5. In re Edna MF: Case Law Confusion in Surrogate Decision Making

   • Robyn S. Shapiro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 54

6. Making Decisions About Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment in Patients With Dementia

   • Arthur R. Derse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 67

7. Normativity, Guardianship, and the Elderly

   • Lorraine Y. Landry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 84

8. “The Heart Still Beat, But The Brain Doesn't Answer”

   • Mary C. Olson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 95

9. Instructions for Authors

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 104