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BL
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976579
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b730949
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| Main Entry
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Havemann, Joel.
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| Title & Author
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A life shaken : : my encounter with Parkinson's disease /\ Joel Havemann ; foreword by Stephen G. Reich.
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| Publication Statement
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Baltimore :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2004.
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xv, 185 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0801869285
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: 0801878888
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: 9780801869280
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: 9780801878886
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| Notes
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Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index.
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| Contents
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Denial and ignorance -- Myself before Parkinson's -- The magnificent brain -- Escaping abroad -- The darkest hour -- Today's drugs -- Today's surgeries -- An insidious beast -- Keeping the beast at bay -- Tomorrow's remedies.
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| Abstract
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A memoir of living with Parkinson's disease. Into his own story, Havemann weaves explanations of how Parkinson's disrupts the brain's circuitry, how symptoms are managed through drugs and surgery, and how people cope with the disease's psychological challenges. [NF].
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| Subject
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Havemann, Joel-- Health.
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Havemann, Joel.
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Parkinson's disease-- Patients-- United States, Biography.
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Health.
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Parkinson's disease-- Patients.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.833
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| LC Classification
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RC382.H385 2004
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