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With shaking hands : aging with Parkinson's disease in America's heartland
Author
Title
With shaking hands : aging with Parkinson's disease in America's heartland / Samantha Solimeo.
ISBN
9780813545431 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813545439 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813545448 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813545447 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xi, 192 pages : illustration; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 13, 2016
Series
Studies in medical anthropology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Ethnography and age in the field
It takes a little while to find out for sure
It's a nasty, hiding disease
I don't know what to blame it on
I don't know what's worse, Parkinson's or the medications
It gets worse
Changing bodies, changing roles
Conclusion.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Parkinson Disease - psychology - United States - Personal Narratives.
Aged - United States.
Aging - psychology - United States - Personal Narratives.
Antiparkinson Agents - United States - Personal Narratives.
Caregivers - psychology - United States - Personal Narratives.
Health Services for the Aged - United States - Personal Narratives.
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