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

By:

Shenk, David, 1966-

Publication details: New York : Anchor Books, 2003, c2001.Edition: 1st Anchor Books edDescription: viii, 294 p. ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0385498381 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

Alzheimer's disease

LOC classification:

RC523.2 .S535 2003

Summary: In this scrupulously researched, multilayered account, the author explores treatments for Alzheimer's, but also looks back through history, showing how the disease most likely afflicted such figures as Jonathan Swift, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Willem de Kooning. "A graceful, masterful portrait of an illness."--"Los Angeles Times."

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Barcode
Books	American University in Dubai	American University in Dubai	Main Collection	RC 523.2 .S535 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Copy Type:01 - Books	Available	642256

Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-284) and index.

In this scrupulously researched, multilayered account, the author explores treatments for Alzheimer's, but also looks back through history, showing how the disease most likely afflicted such figures as Jonathan Swift, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Willem de Kooning. "A graceful, masterful portrait of an illness."--"Los Angeles Times."

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