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The forgetting : Alzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic / David Shenk.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Doubleday, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 290 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0385498373
  • 9780385498371
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.8/31 21
LOC classification:
  • RC523.2 .S535 2001
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Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

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