| Description |
vii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Studies in medical anthropology |
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Studies in medical anthropology.
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| Contents |
Dementia-near-death and "life itself" / Sharon R. Kaufman -- The borderlands of primary care : physician and family perspectives on "troublesome" behaviors of people with dementia / Ladson Hinton ... [et al.] -- Negotiating the moral status of trouble : the experiences of forgetful individuals diagnosed with no dementia / André P. Smith -- Diagnosing dementia : epidemiological and clinical data as cultural text / Janice E. Graham -- The biomedical deconstruction of senility and the persistent stigmatization of old age in the United States / Jesse F. Ballenger -- Genetic susceptibility and Alzheimer's disease : the penetrance and uptake of genetic knowledge / Margaret Lock, Stephanie Lloyd, and Janalyn Prest -- Coherence without facticity in dementia : the case of Mrs. Fine / Athena Helen McLean -- Creative storytelling and self-expression among people with dementia / Anne Davis Basting -- Embodied selfhood : an ethnographic exploration of Alzheimer's disease / Pia C. Kontos -- Normality and difference : institutional classification and the constitution of subjectivity in a Dutch nursing home / Roma Chatterji -- Divided gazes : Alzheimer's disease, the person within, and death in life / Annette Leibing -- Being a good rōjin : senility, power, and self-actualization in Japan / John W. Traphagan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical anthropology.
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Dementia.
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Public health -- Anthropological aspects.
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| Author |
Leibing, Annette.
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Cohen, Lawrence, 1961-
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| LC no. |
2005019852 |
| ISBN |
9780813538020 hardback |
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0813538025 hardback |
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9780813538037 paperback |
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0813538033 paperback |
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