Living with Alzheimer's : Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness / / Renee L. Beard
| Living with Alzheimer's : Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness / / Renee L. Beard |
| Autore | Beard Renee L. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.831 |
| Soggetto topico |
Maladie d'Alzheimer - Patients - Soins
Maladie d'Alzheimer |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4798-5537-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue: Lost in Translation -- 1. The Meaning of Memory Loss: Illness, Identity, and Biography -- 2. History and Technoscience: From Senility to Alzheimer’s -- 3. Constructing Facts in Clinical Practice: Interpreting, Diagnosing, and Treating Memory Loss -- 4. Being Cognitively Evaluated: Learning to Medicalize Forgetfulness -- 5. Hearing “the A Word”: The Road to Becoming an Alzheimer’s Patient -- 6. Everyday Life with Diagnosis: The New Normal -- 7. Advocating Alzheimer’s: Biomedical Structures and Social Movements -- 8. Forget Me Not: The Future of Alzheimer’s -- APPENDIX A. Interview Guides -- APPENDIX B. Study Design and Methodology -- APPENDIX C. Study Sites and Procedures -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480489603321 |
Beard Renee L.
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| New York : , : New York University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Living with Alzheimer's : Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness / / Renee L. Beard
| Living with Alzheimer's : Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness / / Renee L. Beard |
| Autore | Beard Renee L. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.831 |
| Soggetto topico |
Maladie d'Alzheimer - Patients - Soins
Maladie d'Alzheimer |
| ISBN | 1-4798-5537-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue: Lost in Translation -- 1. The Meaning of Memory Loss: Illness, Identity, and Biography -- 2. History and Technoscience: From Senility to Alzheimer’s -- 3. Constructing Facts in Clinical Practice: Interpreting, Diagnosing, and Treating Memory Loss -- 4. Being Cognitively Evaluated: Learning to Medicalize Forgetfulness -- 5. Hearing “the A Word”: The Road to Becoming an Alzheimer’s Patient -- 6. Everyday Life with Diagnosis: The New Normal -- 7. Advocating Alzheimer’s: Biomedical Structures and Social Movements -- 8. Forget Me Not: The Future of Alzheimer’s -- APPENDIX A. Interview Guides -- APPENDIX B. Study Design and Methodology -- APPENDIX C. Study Sites and Procedures -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798291803321 |
Beard Renee L.
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| New York : , : New York University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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