UID:
almahu_9949225924702882
Format:
1 online resource (310 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-94700-4
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9786610947003
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0-8135-3927-7
Series Statement:
Studies in medical anthropology
Content:
Bringing 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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Dementia-near-death and "life itself" /
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The borderlands of primary care : physician and family perspectives on "troublesome" behaviors of people with dementia /
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Negotiating the moral status of trouble : the experiences of forgetful individuals diagnosed with no dementia /
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Diagnosing dementia : epidemiological and clinical data as cultural text /
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The biomedical deconstruction of senility and the persistent stigmatization of old age in the United States /
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Genetic susceptibility and Alzheimer's disease : the penetrance and uptake of genetic knowledge /
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Coherence without facticity in dementia : the case of Mrs. Fine /
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Creative storytelling and self-expression among people with dementia /
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Embodied selfhood : an ethnographic exploration of Alzheimer's disease /
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Normality and difference : institutional classification and the constitution of subjectivity in a Dutch nursing home /
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Divided gazes : Alzheimer's disease, the person within, and death in life /
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Being a good rojin : senility, power, and self-actualization in Japan /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8135-3803-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8135-3802-5
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.36019/9780813539270
URL:
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