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A Life Shaken: My Encounter with Parkinson's Disease by Mr. Havemann, Joel: New
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- A Life Shaken: My Encounter with Parkinson's Disease
- Publication Date
- 2004-03-18
- Pages
- 200
- ISBN
- 9780801878886
- Subject Area
- Health & Fitness, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
- Publication Name
- Life Shaken : My Encounter with Parkinson's Disease
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Neurology, Diseases / Nervous System (Incl. Brain), Medical, Geriatrics
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 10.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801878888
ISBN-13
9780801878886
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30234705
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Life Shaken : My Encounter with Parkinson's Disease
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Neurology, Diseases / Nervous System (Incl. Brain), Medical, Geriatrics
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
""Havemann has written a challenging mixture of dispassionate appraisal of the facts and vivid portrayal of his personal experiences adapting to living with the disorder."", [Havemann] takes us on his journey from a physically robust, high achiever to his new world of medication dependence, compromise, and, eventually, an almost spiritual epiphany of acceptance and appreciation. This is not a typical treatise on an individual's life with disease. It is filled with useful facts about PD, including diagrams, and a glossary that will be a useful resource for patients... Although this book would seem of primary interest to patients and families affected by PD, physicians will find the book engaging, easy to read, and valuable. We learn much from our patients, and Havemann's book is no exception., The beauty of Havemann's narrative stance is that it not only transcends the illness but surprises and captivates the reader..., Havemann has written a challenging mixture of dispassionate appraisal of the facts and vivid portrayal of his personal experiences adapting to living with the disorder., "[Havemann] takes us on his journey from a physically robust, high achiever to his new world of medication dependence, compromise, and, eventually, an almost spiritual epiphany of acceptance and appreciation. This is not a typical treatise on an individual's life with disease. It is filled with useful facts about PD, including diagrams, and a glossary that will be a useful resource for patients... Although this book would seem of primary interest to patients and families affected by PD, physicians will find the book engaging, easy to read, and valuable. We learn much from our patients, and Havemann's book is no exception."--Matthew B. Stern, Neurology, "The beauty of Havemann's narrative stance is that it not only transcends the illness but surprises and captivates the reader..."--Abraham Verghese, Los Angeles Times Book Review, "Havemann has written a challenging mixture of dispassionate appraisal of the facts and vivid portrayal of his personal experiences adapting to living with the disorder."--Stephen B. Dunnett, Nature Medicine, Brutally honest. Havemann intertwines his personal story with scientific and medical information. He brings a journalistic style to the tale and explains PD and its treatments in easy-to-understand language. His description of the progressive nature of the disease is poetic and haunting., "Brutally honest. Havemann intertwines his personal story with scientific and medical information. He brings a journalistic style to the tale and explains PD and its treatments in easy-to-understand language. His description of the progressive nature of the disease is poetic and haunting."--Robert A. Hauser, Journal of the American Medical Association
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.1/96833/0092 B
Table Of Content
Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: As I Lay Trembling Chapter 1. Denial and Ignorance Chapter 2. Myself Before Parkinson's Chapter 3. The Magnificent Brain Chapter 4. Escaping Abroad Chapter 5. The Darkest Hour Chapter 6. Today's Drugs Chapter 7. Today's Surgeries Chapter 8. An Insidious Beast Chapter 9. Keeping the Beast at Bay Chapter 10. Tomorrow's Remedies Epilogue: Light in the Darkness Glossary Notes Index
Synopsis
''I'm flat on my back on a couch that's too short in a windowless room in the bureau. I can't even sit at a computer, much less make a keyboard work. My arms and legs are shaking uncontrollably. Although I am only 53 years old, I have already been struggling with Parkinson's disease for seven years. And right now the disease is winning.'' So ......, "I'm flat on my back on a couch that's too short in a windowless room in the bureau. I can't even sit at a computer, much less make a keyboard work. My arms and legs are shaking uncontrollably. Although I am only 53 years old, I have already been struggling with Parkinson's disease for seven years. And right now the disease is winning." So begins Joel Havemann's account of the insidious disease that is Parkinson's. Into his own story, Havemann weaves accessible 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. The updated paperback edition brings the discussion of treatment options and research thoroughly up to date., ''I'm flat on my back on a couch that's too short in a windowless room in the bureau. I can't even sit at a computer, much less make a keyboard work. My arms and legs are shaking uncontrollably. Although I am only 53 years old, I have already been struggling with Parkinson's disease for seven years. And right now the disease is winning.'' So begins Joel Havemann's account of the insidious disease that is Parkinson's. Into his own story, Havemann weaves accessible 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. The paperback edition brings the discussion of treatment options and research thoroughly up to date., "I'm flat on my back on a couch that's too short in a windowless room in the bureau. I can't even sit at a computer, much less make a keyboard work. My arms and legs are shaking uncontrollably. Although I am only 53 years old, I have already been struggling with Parkinson's disease for seven years. And right now the disease is winning." So begins Joel Havemann's account of the insidious disease that is Parkinson's. Into his own story, Havemann weaves accessible 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. The paperback edition brings the discussion of treatment options and research thoroughly up to date.
LC Classification Number
RC382
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