Concepts of Alzheimer Disease : Biological, Clinical, and Cultural Perspectives.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- PART I - The Cases of Auguste D. and Johann F. -- Chapter 1 - Auguste D. The History of Alois Alzheimer's First Case -- Chapter 2 - Johann F. The Historical Relevance of the Case for the Concept of Alzheimer Disease -- PART II From Alzheimer to the Present -- Chapter 3 - Neurofibrillary Changes -- Chapter 4 - Contributions of German Neuroscience to the Concept of Alzheimer Disease -- Chapter 5 - Beyond the Characteristic Plaques and Tangles -- Chapter 6 - The Rediscovery of Alzheimer Disease During the 1960s and 1970s -- Chapter 7 - The History of the Genetics of Alzheimer Disease -- PART III Alzheimer Disease as a Social and Cultural Entity -- Chapter 8 - Alzheimer Disease -- Chapter 9 - Aging, Culture, and the Framing of Alzheimer Disease -- Chapter 10 - Narrative Practice and the Inner Worlds of the Alzheimer Disease Experience -- PART IV Politics, Policy, and the Perspectives of the Caregiver and Patient -- Chapter 11 - The Role of the Concept of Alzheimer Disease in the Development of the Alzheimer's Association in the United States -- Chapter 12 - The History of the Alzheimer's Association -- Chapter 13 - The Concept of Alzheimer Disease in a Hypercognitive Society -- PART V Progress and Its Problems -- Chapter 14 - Alzheimer Disease and the New Biology -- Chapter 15 - The Genetics of Alzheimer Disease -- Chapter 16 - History and the Future of Alzheimer Disease -- Index.

"This is an excellent book, both for the newcomer to the study of Alzheimer disease and to the seasoned reader and clinician." -- Aging and Mental Health.

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