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With Shaking Hands: Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland

With Shaking Hands: Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland

Solimeo, Samantha

Paperback

Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology

Medical ReferenceAnthropology

ISBN10: 0813545447
ISBN13: 9780813545448
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: Apr 15 2009
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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 PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging. She explores how ideas of what to expect in older age influence and direct interpretations of one's body.

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