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(RNS) When the person you married goes through a dramatic change -- a car accident, brain injury or dementia --  what's a spouse to do? As Valentine's Day approaches, clergy, ethicists  and brain injury experts agree: There are no easy answers.  By Adelle M. Banks.

Topics: Ethics, Death & Dying
Tags: brain injury, dementia, faith, marriage, vows

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