TY  - BOOK
AU  - Solimeo,Samantha
TI  - With Shaking Hands: Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland
T2  - Studies in Medical Anthropology
SN  - 9780813547121
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Piscataway
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Parkinson's disease
KW  - Patients
KW  - Iowa
KW  - Medical anthropology
KW  - Older people
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Antiparkinsonian agents
KW  - Parkinson Disease
KW  - psychology
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aging
KW  - Antiparkinson Agents
KW  - Caregivers
KW  - Health Services for the Aged
KW  - United States
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1: Introduction: Becoming Old, Becoming Sick; 2: Ethnography and Age in the Field; 3: It Takes a Little While to Find Out for Sure; 4: It's a Nasty, Hiding Disease; 5: I Don't Know What to Blame It On; 6: I Don't Know What's Worse, Parkinson's or the Medications; 7: It Gets Worse; 8: Changing Bodies, Changing Roles; 9: Conclusion: Aging, Embodiment, and Conditions; Appendix A: Interview Participants; Appendix B: Selected Resources; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
N2  - Far from celebrity media spotlight, ordinary individuals, many older and less advantaged, suffer the disabling pain of Parkinson's disease (PD), an illness whose progressive symptoms often mimic old age and cause mobility impairment, communication barriers, and social isolation. At the heart of With Shaking Hands is the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with PD. With a focus on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, Samantha Solimeo combines clear and accessible prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how the disease acceler
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