LEADER 05033nam 22008174a 450 001 9910213816003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610947003 010 $a9781280947001 010 $a1280947004 010 $a9780813539270 010 $a0813539277 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813539270 035 $a(CKB)1000000000464989 035 $a(EBL)1021848 035 $a(OCoLC)71842945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000258625 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11235459 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258625 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272768 035 $a(PQKB)10814878 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23295 035 $a(DE-B1597)530240 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813539270 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1021848 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132091 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL94700 035 $a(ScCtBLL)9306d547-3857-4a19-8b7a-37f253bc0567 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1021848 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000464989 100 $a20050712d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aThinking about dementia $eculture, loss, and the anthropology of senility /$fedited by Annette Leibing, Lawrence Cohen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2006 210 1$aNew Brunswick, NJ : $cRutgers University Press, $d[2006] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in medical anthropology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780813538037 311 08$a0813538033 311 08$a9780813538020 311 08$a0813538025 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tDementia-near-death and "life itself" /$rSharon R. Kaufman --$tThe borderlands of primary care : physician and family perspectives on "troublesome" behaviors of people with dementia /$rLadson Hinton ... [et al.] --$tNegotiating the moral status of trouble : the experiences of forgetful individuals diagnosed with no dementia /$rAndre P. Smith --$tDiagnosing dementia : epidemiological and clinical data as cultural text /$rJanice E. Graham --$tThe biomedical deconstruction of senility and the persistent stigmatization of old age in the United States /$rJesse F. Ballenger --$tGenetic susceptibility and Alzheimer's disease : the penetrance and uptake of genetic knowledge /$rMargaret Lock, Stephanie Lloyd, and Janalyn Prest --$tCoherence without facticity in dementia : the case of Mrs. Fine /$rAthena Helen McLean --$tCreative storytelling and self-expression among people with dementia /$rAnne Davis Basting --$tEmbodied selfhood : an ethnographic exploration of Alzheimer's disease /$rPia C. Kontos --$tNormality and difference : institutional classification and the constitution of subjectivity in a Dutch nursing home /$rRoma Chatterji --$tDivided gazes : Alzheimer's disease, the person within, and death in life /$rAnnette Leibing --$tBeing a good rojin : senility, power, and self-actualization in Japan /$rJohn W. Traphagan. 330 $aBringing together essays by nineteen respected scholars, this volume approaches dementia from a variety of angles, exploring its historical, psychological, and philosophical implications. The authors employ a cross-cultural perspective that is based on ethnographic fieldwork and focuses on questions of age, mind, voice, self, loss, temporality, memory, and affect. Taken together, the essays make four important and interrelated contributions to our understanding of the mental status of the elderly. First, cross-cultural data show that the aging process, while biologically influenced, is also culturally constructed. Second, ethnographic reports raise questions about the diagnostic criteria used for defining the elderly as demented. Third, case studies show how a diagnosis affects a patient's treatment in both clinical and familial settings. Finally, the collection highlights the gap that separates current biological understandings of aging from its cultural meanings. As Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia continue to command an ever-increasing amount of attention in medicine and psychology, this book will be essential reading for anthropologists, social scientists, and health care professionals. 410 0$aStudies in medical anthropology. 606 $aMedical anthropology 606 $aDementia 606 $aAlzheimer's disease 606 $aPublic health$xAnthropological aspects 615 0$aMedical anthropology. 615 0$aDementia. 615 0$aAlzheimer's disease. 615 0$aPublic health$xAnthropological aspects. 676 $a306.4/61 700 $aLeibing$b Annette, $00 701 $aLeibing$b Annette$0916897 701 $aCohen$b Lawrence$f1961-$0916898 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213816003321 996 $aThinking about dementia$92055532 997 $aUNINA