Title: Life in the balance : a physician's memoir of life, love, and loss with Parkinson's disease and dementia /
Authors: Graboys, Thomas B.; Zheutlin, Peter.
Publisher: Union Square Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Graboys, Thomas B.; Graboys, Thomas B. Health.; Graboys, Thomas B.; Parkinson Disease psychology; Disabled Persons psychology; Dementia psychology; Cardiology; Physicians; Dementia Patients Biography.; Parkinson's disease Patients Biography.
Abstract: Chronicles the author's descent from a top cardiologist to a patient slowly succumbing to Parkinson's disease and dementia, including how he struggles with the feelings he experiences daily and the impact of the diseases in his life.
Contents: My days -- Do they know? -- Love and marriage -- Doctors and patient -- My family -- Friends -- A body in motion -- End game -- A life beyond illness.