Thinking about dementia : culture, loss, and the anthropology of senility / edited by Annette Leibing, Lawrence Cohen.

Cultural responses to most illnesses differ; dementia is no exception. These responses, together with a society's attitudes toward its elderly population, affect the frequency of dementia-related diagnoses and the nature of treatment. Bringing together essays by nineteen respected scholars, thi...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Leibing, Annette, Cohen, Lawrence, 1961-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006.
Series:	Studies in medical anthropology.
Subjects:	Medical anthropology. Dementia. Alzheimer's disease. Public health > Anthropological aspects.