| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302). |
| Contents |
Heaven can't wait -- Age, I must -- Long time dead? -- 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 -- If I forget thee -- Savant, of sorts -- Strength in numbers -- Old soldiers -- Memories, false and fixed -- The elders -- Bereft -- Just words -- Liar, liar -- Rules of four -- Final acts -- Mended -- Lessons from fire -- The seamstress -- Trees. |
| Summary |
A young doctor's reflections on his experiences as a nursing-home psychiatrist--with remarkable stories of vitality and growth that transformed his view of aging. |
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Older people.
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Nursing home residents -- Florida -- Miami.
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Geriatric psychiatry.
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Aging.
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| ISBN |
9780306818530
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0306818531
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9780738215587
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0738215589
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