With Shaking Hands: Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland (Studies in Medical Anthropology)

by Samantha Solimeo (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $29.00

  Concentrates on the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Focusing on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, this title combines prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging.