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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780385498388
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Afflicting nearly half of all persons over the age of 85,
Alzheimer’s disease kills nearly 100,000 Americas a year as it
insidiously robs them of their memory and wreaks havoc on the lives
of their loved ones. It was once minimized and misunderstood as
forgetfulness in the elderly, but Alzheimer’s is now at the
forefront of many medical and scientific agendas, for as the
world’s population ages, the disease will kill millions more and
touch the lives of virtually everyone.
Alzheimer’s disease kills nearly 100,000 Americas a year as it
insidiously robs them of their memory and wreaks havoc on the lives
of their loved ones. It was once minimized and misunderstood as
forgetfulness in the elderly, but Alzheimer’s is now at the
forefront of many medical and scientific agendas, for as the
world’s population ages, the disease will kill millions more and
touch the lives of virtually everyone.
The Forgetting is a scrupulously researched, multilayered
analysis of Alzheimer’s and its social, medical, and spiritual
implications. David Shenk presents us with much more than a
detailed explanation of its causes and effects and the search for a
cure. He movingly captures the disease’s impact on its victims and
their families, and he looks back through history, explaining how
Alzheimer’s most likely afflicted such figures as Jonathan Swift,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,and William de Kooning. The result is a
searing, powerfully engaging account of Alzheimer’s disease,
offering a grim but sympathetic and ultimately encouraging
portrait.
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