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Memory lessons : a doctor's story /

A respected geriatrician examines the social and medical challenges of aging as experienced firsthand through the decline of his elderly father, a process throughout which the author struggled with feelings of helplessness in spite of his medical knowledge.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winakur, Jerald
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hyperion, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Aging parents > Care > United States.
Adult children of aging parents > United States.
Caregivers > United States.
Winakur, Jerald.
Geriatricians > United States > Biography.
Geriatrics > United States.
Aging parents > Care.
Caregivers.
Physicians > United States > Biography.
Description
Summary:A respected geriatrician examines the social and medical challenges of aging as experienced firsthand through the decline of his elderly father, a process throughout which the author struggled with feelings of helplessness in spite of his medical knowledge.
Physical Description:287 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9781401303020
1401303021