With shaking hands
Subtitle: aging with Parkinson's disease in America's heartland
By: Samantha Solimeo.
Series: Studies in medical anthropology
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813545431; 9780813545448
Subjects: Parkinson's disease -- Middle West; Medical anthropology; Parkinson Disease -- psychology -- United States -- Personal Narratives; Aged -- United States; Aging -- psychology -- United States -- Personal Narratives; Antiparkinson Agents -- United States -- Personal Narratives; Caregivers -- psychology -- United States -- Personal Narratives; Health Services for the Aged -- United States -- Personal Narratives
Genres: Personal Narratives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tell the guys at the coffee shop that I'm seeing my anthropologist; title: It takes a little while to find out for sure; title: It's a nasty, hiding disease; title: I'm a little disappointed in that I don't know what to blame it on; title: I don't know what's worse : Parkinson's disease or the medications; title: It gets worse; title: I am more of the parent than a wife.