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

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  • ISBN: 0385498373
  • ISBN: 9780385498371
  • Physical Description: viii, 290 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Alzheimer's disease.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Carteret County Public Library.

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24514. ‡aThe forgetting : ‡bAlzheimer's, portrait of an epidemic / ‡cDavid Shenk.
250 . ‡aFirst edition
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bDoubleday, ‡c2001.
300 . ‡aviii, 290 pages ; ‡c25 cm
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
5058 . ‡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.
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