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Author:

Solimeo, Samantha, 1974-

Title:

With shaking hands : aging with Parkinson's disease in America's heartland / Samantha Solimeo.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 192 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Parkinson's disease--Iowa.
Parkinson's disease--Patients--Iowa.
Medical anthropology--Iowa.
Older people--Diseases--Iowa.
Parkinson Disease--psychology--United States--Personal Narratives.
Aged--United States.
Aging--psychology--United States--Personal Narratives.
Antiparkinson Agents--United States--Personal Narratives.
Caregivers--psychology--United States--Personal Narratives.
Health Services for the Aged--United States--Personal Narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion. Ethnography and age in the field -- It takes a little while to find out for sure -- It's a nasty, hiding disease -- I don't know what to blame it on -- I don't know what's worse, Parkinson's or the medications -- It gets worse -- Changing bodies, changing roles -- Conclusion.

Series:

Studies in medical anthropology

ISBN:

0813545447 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813545448 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813545439 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813545431 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)243818560

LCCN:

2008035435

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)