Shenk, David,
The forgetting : Alzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic / David Shenk. - 1st ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2002. - viii, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. I Have Lost Myself -- 2. Bothered -- 3. The God Who Forgot and the Man -- Who Could Not -- 4. The Race -- 5. Irrespective of Age -- 6. A Most Loving Brother -- P A R T I I -- MIDDLE STAGE -- 7. Fumbling for the Name of My Wife -- 8. Back to Birth -- 9. National Institute of Alzheimer's -- 10. Ten Thousand Feet, at Ten O'Clock at Night -- 11. A World of Struldbruggs -- 12. Humanize the Mouse -- 13. We Hope to Radio Back to Earth Images -- of Beauty Never Seen -- P A R T I II -- END STAGE -- 14. Breakthrough? -- 15. One Thousand Subtractions -- 16. Things to Avoid -- 17. The Mice Are Smarter -- Epilogue 253 -- Acknowledgments 257 -- Resources for Patients and Families 261 -- Sources 265 -- Index 281.
0385498381 9780385498388
2001028012
Alzheimer's disease.
RC523.2 / .S535 2001
616.831 She 12
The forgetting : Alzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic / David Shenk. - 1st ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2002. - viii, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. I Have Lost Myself -- 2. Bothered -- 3. The God Who Forgot and the Man -- Who Could Not -- 4. The Race -- 5. Irrespective of Age -- 6. A Most Loving Brother -- P A R T I I -- MIDDLE STAGE -- 7. Fumbling for the Name of My Wife -- 8. Back to Birth -- 9. National Institute of Alzheimer's -- 10. Ten Thousand Feet, at Ten O'Clock at Night -- 11. A World of Struldbruggs -- 12. Humanize the Mouse -- 13. We Hope to Radio Back to Earth Images -- of Beauty Never Seen -- P A R T I II -- END STAGE -- 14. Breakthrough? -- 15. One Thousand Subtractions -- 16. Things to Avoid -- 17. The Mice Are Smarter -- Epilogue 253 -- Acknowledgments 257 -- Resources for Patients and Families 261 -- Sources 265 -- Index 281.
0385498381 9780385498388
2001028012
Alzheimer's disease.
RC523.2 / .S535 2001
616.831 She 12