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100 1 _aShenk, David,
_d1966-
245 1 4 _aThe forgetting :
_bAlzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic /
_cDavid Shenk.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bDoubleday,
_c2001.
300 _aviii, 290 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.
505 8 _aMachine 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.
650 0 _aAlzheimer's disease.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random053/2001028012.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0411/2001028012.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001028012.html
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