The forgetting is a scrupulously researched multilayered analysis of alzheimers and its social medical and spiritual implications david shenk presents us with much more than a detailed explanation of its causes and effects and the search for a cure he movingly captures the diseases impact on its victims and their families and he looks back through history explaining how alzheimers . Shenks portrait of an epidemic traces the development of knowledge about alzheimers in the work of individuals and such groups as the national institute of aging describes various tests that help in identifying possible sufferers and discusses the early middle and end stages of the malady the concept of childhood in reverse best reflects the progression of this disease which . Title the forgetting alzheimers portrait of an epidemic format paperback product dimensions 304 pages 797 x 523 x 065 in shipping dimensions 304 pages 797 x 523 x 065 in published 14 janvier 2003 publisher knopf doubleday publishing group language english. The forgetting alzheimers portrait of an epidemic by shenk david published by anchor 2003 paperback shenk david books amazonca. The forgetting alzheimers portrait of an epidemic by david shenk goodreads author 411 rating details 396 ratings 56 reviews afflicting nearly half of all persons over the age of 85 alzheimers disease kills nearly 100000 americas a year as it insidiously robs them of their memory and wreaks havoc on the lives of their loved ones it was once minimized and misunderstood as