The forgetting : Alzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic /
Shenk, David, 1966-
The forgetting : Alzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic / David Shenk. - 1st edition - New York : Doubleday, 2001. - viii, 290 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.
Contents
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
Acknowledgments
Resources for Patients and Families
0385498373
Alzheimer's disease.
WT 155 S546 2001 / S546 2001
The forgetting : Alzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic / David Shenk. - 1st edition - New York : Doubleday, 2001. - viii, 290 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.
Contents
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
Acknowledgments
Resources for Patients and Families
0385498373
Alzheimer's disease.
WT 155 S546 2001 / S546 2001