Gebundenes Buch

Preventing Dementia?

Critical Perspectives on a New Paradigm of Preparing for Old Age

Herausgeber: Leibing, Annette; Schicktanz, Silke

Beschreibung

The conceptualization of dementia has changed dramatically in recent years with the claim that, through early detection and by controlling several risk factors, a prevention of dementia is possible. This volume looks at how this new conceptualization ignores many of the factors which influence a dementia sufferersâ prognosis.

Autor

Annette Leibing is a medical anthropologist and Full Professor at Université de Montréal. Her research focuses mostly on issues related to aging, by studying - as an anthropologist - Alzheimer's and Parkinson's in different contexts, aging and psychiatry, pharmaceuticals, elder care and, stem cells for the body in decline, among others.

Produktdetails

• Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781789209099
• ISBN-10: 1789209099
• Artikelnr.: 59295217