Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Denial and ignorance -- Myself before Parkinson's -- The magnificent brain -- Escaping abroad -- The darkest hour -- Today's drugs -- Today's surgeries -- An insidious beast -- Keeping the beast at bay -- Tomorrow's remedies.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A memoir of living with Parkinson's disease. Into his own story, Havemann weaves explanations of how Parkinson's disrupts the brain's circuitry, how symptoms are managed through drugs and surgery, and how people cope with the disease's psychological challenges. [NF].
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Havemann, Joel-- Health.
Havemann, Joel.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Parkinson's disease-- Patients-- United States, Biography.