Memory lessons
Subtitle: a doctor's story
By: Jerald Winakur.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781401303020
Subjects: Winakur, Jerald.; Aging parents -- Care -- United States.; Adult children of aging parents -- United States.; Caregivers -- United States.; Geriatricians -- United States -- Biography.; Geriatrics -- United States.
Genres: Biography.
Description: A respected geriatrician examines the social and medical challenges of aging as experienced firsthand through the decline of his elderly father, a process throughout which the author struggled with feelings of helplessness in spite of his medical knowledge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[288]-287).