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Author Solimeo, Samantha

Title With Shaking Hands : Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland
Published Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages)
Series Studies in Medical Anthropology
Studies in medical anthropology.
Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1: Introduction: Becoming Old, Becoming Sick; 2: Ethnography and Age in the Field; 3: It Takes a Little While to Find Out for Sure; 4: It's a Nasty, Hiding Disease; 5: I Don't Know What to Blame It On; 6: I Don't Know What's Worse, Parkinson's or the Medications; 7: It Gets Worse; 8: Changing Bodies, Changing Roles; 9: Conclusion: Aging, Embodiment, and Conditions; Appendix A: Interview Participants; Appendix B: Selected Resources; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary Far from celebrity media spotlight, ordinary individuals, many older and less advantaged, suffer the disabling pain of Parkinson's disease (PD), an illness whose progressive symptoms often mimic old age and cause mobility impairment, communication barriers, and social isolation. At the heart of With Shaking Hands is the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with PD. With a focus on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, Samantha Solimeo combines clear and accessible prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how the disease acceler
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Parkinson's disease -- Patients -- Iowa
Medical anthropology -- Iowa
Older people -- Diseases -- Iowa
Older people.
Antiparkinsonian agents.
Parkinson Disease -- psychology
Aged
Aging -- psychology
Antiparkinson Agents
Caregivers -- psychology
Health Services for the Aged
elderly.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia.
MEDICAL -- Geriatrics.
Older people
Antiparkinsonian agents
Medical anthropology
Older people -- Diseases
Parkinson's disease -- Patients
SUBJECT United States
Subject Iowa
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008035435
ISBN 9780813547121
0813547121
128209422X
9781282094222