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Renée L. Beard
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
- Prologue: Lost in Translation 1
- 1. The Meaning of Memory Loss: Illness, Identity, and Biography 5
- 2. History and Technoscience: From Senility to Alzheimer’s 21
- 3. Constructing Facts in Clinical Practice: Interpreting, Diagnosing, and Treating Memory Loss 50
- 4. Being Cognitively Evaluated: Learning to Medicalize Forgetfulness 85
- 5. Hearing “the A Word”: The Road to Becoming an Alzheimer’s Patient 106
- 6. Everyday Life with Diagnosis: The New Normal 136
- 7. Advocating Alzheimer’s: Biomedical Structures and Social Movements 168
- 8. Forget Me Not: The Future of Alzheimer’s 215
- APPENDIX A. Interview Guides 235
- APPENDIX B. Study Design and Methodology 239
- APPENDIX C. Study Sites and Procedures 247
- NOTES 269
- REFERENCES 287
- INDEX 319
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR 324
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
- Prologue: Lost in Translation 1
- 1. The Meaning of Memory Loss: Illness, Identity, and Biography 5
- 2. History and Technoscience: From Senility to Alzheimer’s 21
- 3. Constructing Facts in Clinical Practice: Interpreting, Diagnosing, and Treating Memory Loss 50
- 4. Being Cognitively Evaluated: Learning to Medicalize Forgetfulness 85
- 5. Hearing “the A Word”: The Road to Becoming an Alzheimer’s Patient 106
- 6. Everyday Life with Diagnosis: The New Normal 136
- 7. Advocating Alzheimer’s: Biomedical Structures and Social Movements 168
- 8. Forget Me Not: The Future of Alzheimer’s 215
- APPENDIX A. Interview Guides 235
- APPENDIX B. Study Design and Methodology 239
- APPENDIX C. Study Sites and Procedures 247
- NOTES 269
- REFERENCES 287
- INDEX 319
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR 324