Chapter Understanding motor neurone disease -- The medical context -- chapter Motor neurone disease in the context of life -- Experiencing onset and diagnosis -- chapter Reframing life and death with motor neurone disease -- The quest to understand and manage the disease -- chapter 4 Everyday life in the early stages of motor neurone disease -- chapter 5 The desperate search for causes and cures for motor neurone disease -- chapter 6 Living and dying with motor neurone disease -- chapter 7 The suffering of people with motor neurone disease and the rationality of scientific medicine
Summary
A clear and readable guide to both the medical facts related to Motor Neurone Disease and the psychological and social effects on sufferers and those who care for them. Includes information on the work of recently set-up support organizations
Analysis
Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) Andre fag
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index
