How we age : a doctor's journey into the heart of growing old

Agronin, Marc E.

How we age : a doctor's journey into the heart of growing old - 1st Da Capo Press ed. - Cambridge, MA Da Capo Press c2011 - 302 p. cm.

9780306818530 (hardcover : alk. paper) CIP record. Publication date: 02 11 What is old? -- Heaven can't wait -- Age, I must -- Long time dead? -- Old age rounds -- Isaac, Erik, Isaac -- Annabe, Bartleby, and the doctor who flunks aging -- Joseph red hair -- Old pickled brain -- Lousy -- The strange but true case of Dawson Da Vinci -- Memory -- If i forget thee -- Savant, of sorts -- Strength in numbers -- Old soldiers in sight -- False and fixed -- Wisdom -- The elders -- Bereft -- Just words -- Liar, liar -- Rules of four -- A million sparks -- Mended -- Lessons from fire -- The seamstress -- Trees.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Geriatrics
Older people
Nursing home patients-Florida-Miami
Geriatric psychiatry
Aging
Geriatrics. Chronic Disease

WT 150