Finding the right words : a story of literature, grief, and the brain
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9781421441269
Category
Literature
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Publication Year
2021
Publisher
Description
"This memoir tells the story of a man's deterioration from Alzheimer disease from two perspectives. His daughter, an English professor at Caltech, describes her father's dementia, using her expertise in language and literature as a way to frame his loss of words, spatial orientation, identity, behavioral decorum, and memory. The physician, an academic neurologist at the University of California at San Francisco, explains the science behind Alzheimer disease using his expertise in neurology, articulating to a general audience how dementia assaults the brain"-- Provided by publisher.
Biblio Notes
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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