Alzheimer Disease: The Changing View - Softcover

Katzman, Robert

9780123992345: Alzheimer Disease: The Changing View

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123992346 ISBN 13: 9780123992345

Publisher: Academic Press, 2011

This book details how "Alzheimer Disease" went from being an obscure neurologic diagnosis to a household word. The words of those responsible for this revolution are the heart of this book. Dr. Robert Katzman and Dr. Katherine Bick, leaders in Alzheimer research and policy making, interview the people responsible for this awakening of public consciousness about AlzheimerDisease from 1960 to 1980. They speak with the scientists, public health officials, government regulators, and concerned relatives and activists responsible for taking this neurodegenerative disease out of the "back wards" through the halls of Congress, and on to the front page. The reader will learn how the explosive increase in research funding and public awareness came about, how physicians and psychiatrists established diagnostic criteria, how drugs were developed that offer hope for sufferers, and how the Alzheimer's Association was born.

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Review:

"The authors are imminently qualified to write on this subject...their first-hand knowledge of the period in question and of the individuals they interview enriches the book's content considerably."
--Norman R. Relkin, MD, PhD in NEUROLOGY (April 2001)
"Katzman and Bick demonstrate considerable interviewing skills, and their respondents provide remarkably generous and candid material. This book will therefore fascinate students of the history of science, regardless of their interest in Alzheimer's disease. For those who have such interest, it is a rare treat."
--John C.S. Breitner, MD, MPH, ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY (March 2001)

From the Back Cover:

Alzheimer disease has been completely redefined from a rare, early form of dementia to its current status as the fourth leading cause of death. The words of those responsible for this revolution are the heart of this book. Robert Katzman and Katherine Bick, leaders in Alzheimer research and policy making, interview the scientists, public health officials, government regulators, and activists who have helped unveil the mystery of this tragic disease. Alzheimer Disease: The Changing View chronicles the explosive increase in public awareness and funding, the establishment of diagnostic criteria, the development of therapeutic drugs, and the birth of the Alzheimer's Association.|Alzheimer disease has been completely redefined from a rare, early form of dementia to its current status as the fourth leading cause of death. The words of those responsible for this revolution are the heart of this book. Robert Katzman and Katherine Bick, leaders in Alzheimer research and policy making, interview the scientists, public health officials, government regulators, and activists who have helped unveil the mystery of this tragic disease.Alzheimer Disease: The Changing View chronicles the explosive increase in public awareness and funding, the establishment of diagnostic criteria, the development of therapeutic drugs, and the birth of the Alzheimer's Association.

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