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OverviewBringing together essays by nineteen respected scholars, this volume approaches dementia from a variety of angles, exploring its historical, psychological, and philosophical implications. The authors employ a cross-cultural perspective that is based on ethnographic fieldwork and focuses on questions of age, mind, voice, self, loss, temporality, memory, and affect. Taken together, the essays make four important and interrelated contributions to our understanding of the mental status of the elderly. First, cross-cultural data show that the aging process, while biologically influenced, is also culturally constructed. Second, ethnographic reports raise questions about the diagnostic criteria used for defining the elderly as demented. Third, case studies show how a diagnosis affects a patient's treatment in both clinical and familial settings. Finally, the collection highlights the gap that separates current biological understandings of aging from its cultural meanings. As Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia continue to command an ever-increasing amount of attention in medicine and psychology, this book will be essential reading for anthropologists, social scientists, and health care professionals. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Annette Leibing , Lawrence CohenPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9780813538037ISBN 10: 0813538033 Pages: 299 Publication Date: 15 February 2006 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Contents Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 Part One 1 Dementia-Near-Death and ""Life Itself"" 23 2 The Borderlands of Primary Care 43 3 Negotiating the Moral Status of Trouble 64 4 Diagnosing Dementia 80 5 The Biomedical Deconstruction of Senility and the Persistent Stigmatization of Old Age in the United States 106 Part Two 6 Generic Susceptibility and Alzheimer's Disease 123 Part Three 7 Coherence without Facticity in Dementia 157 8 Creative Storytelling and Self-Expression among People with Dementia 180 9 Embodies Selfhood 195 10 Normality and Difference 218 11Divided Gazes 240 12 Being a Good Rojin 269 Contributions 289 Index 291"ReviewsA seminal contribution to the field of medical anthropology on an extremely important topic. A useful and interesting volume for undergraduates, graduate students, and medical researchers interested in dementia. - Tanya Luhrmann, Max Paleysky Professor, Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago Author InformationAnnette Leibing is a professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a researcher at the Institute of Social Gerontology of Quebec and MOS/Universit de Montral. Lawrence Cohen is an associate professor of anthropology and South and Southeast Asian studies, and director of the Medical Anthropology Program at the University of California, Berkeley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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