The problem of Alzheimer's : how science, culture, and politics turned a rare disease into a crisis and what we can do about it
Record details
- ISBN: 125021873X
- ISBN: 9781250218735
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Physical Description:
viii, 324 pages ; 21 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-314) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A Peculiar Disease of the Cerebral Cortex -- No One Says 'No' to Len Kurland -- Accurate, but Not Presumptuous -- The Olympics of Pharmacokinetics -- The Republic of Alzheimer's Disease -- A Young Man in a Hurry -- How Do You Cast a Broken Brain? -- The Old Woman in the Tower -- Alois Alzheimer : An Unwitting Revolutionary -- Oblivion, or War and Madness -- The Essay Heard Round the World -- A Self-Help Group for the Self-Made Man -- A Crisis in the Family -- Last Casualties of the Cold War -- Hope in a Pill -- The Extraordinary Ordinary -- A Correction -- Discernment -- Somethings to Watch over Us -- Not (legally) Dead yet -- Targeting Amyloid -- Hope in a plan -- Something Must Be Working -- Existential Dread -- Caring for Each Other -- The Worlds We Create -- The Worlds We End. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Medical care Home-based mental health services Bioethics Caregivers Medical care Alzheimer's disease |
Genre: | Case studies. |
Available copies
- 24 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Statesville Main Library | 616.8311 KAR (Text) | 33114018422774 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |