| Phys Descr |
ix, 302 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-302) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Subject |
Older people
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Nursing home patients -- Florida -- Miami
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Geriatric psychiatry
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Aging
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| Mesh Subject |
Aged
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Aging
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Geriatric Psychiatry
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Homes for the Aged
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Nursing Homes
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| OCLC # |
435418553 |
| ISBN # |
9780306818530 |
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0306818531 |
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