Living with Alzheimer's : managing memory loss, identity, and illness /

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News of Alzheimer's disease is constantly in the headlines. Every day we hear heart-wrenching stories of people caring for a loved one who has become a shell of their former self, of projections about rising incidence rates, and of cures that are just around the corner. However, we don't s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beard, Renée L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease > Patients > Care.
Alzheimer Disease
Maladie d'Alzheimer.
Maladie d'Alzheimer > Patients > Soins.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease > Patients > Care
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Meaning of Memory Loss: Illness, Identity, and Biography
  • 2. History and Technoscience: From Senility to Alzheimer's
  • 3. Constructing Facts in Clinical Practice: Interpreting, Diagnosing, and Treating Memory Loss
  • 4. Being Cognitively Evaluated: Learning to Medicalize Forgetfulness
  • 5. Hearing "the A Word": The Road to Becoming an Alzheimer's Patient
  • 6. Everyday Life with Diagnosis: The New Normal
  • 7. Advocating Alzheimer's: Biomedical Structures and Social Movements
  • 8. Forget Me Not: The Future of Alzheimer's.

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