Samantha Solimeo

With Shaking Hands

Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Concentrates on the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Focusing on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, this title combines prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780813545448
• ISBN-10: 0813545447
• Artikelnr.: 25856486

Autorenporträt

Samantha Solimeo is a Health Research Science Specialist at the Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice at the Iowa City VA Medical Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Becoming Old, Becoming Sick
Tell the Guys at the Coffee Shop That I'm Seeing My Anthropologist
It Takes a Little While to Find Out for Sure
It's a Nasty, Hiding Disease
I'm a Little Disappointed in That I Don't Know What to Blame It On
I Don't Know What's Worse-Parkinson's Disease or the Medications
It Gets Worse
I Am More of the Parent Than a Wife
Conclusion: Aging, Embodiment, and Conditions
Appendix A: Interview Participants
Appendix B: Parkinson's Disease Resources