TY - BOOK ID - 77888466 TI - With shaking hands : aging with Parkinson's disease in America's heartland PY - 2009 SN - 128209422X 9786612094224 0813547121 9780813547121 9781282094222 9780813545431 0813545439 9780813545448 0813545447 PB - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Health Services for the Aged. KW - Caregivers KW - Antiparkinson Agents. KW - Aging KW - Aged KW - Parkinson Disease KW - Medical anthropology. KW - Parkinson's disease KW - Medical care KW - Medicine KW - Anthropology KW - Elderly KW - Geriatrics KW - Longevity KW - Palsy, Shaking KW - Paralysis agitans KW - Parkinson disease KW - Parkinsonism KW - Shaking palsy KW - Brain KW - Extrapyramidal disorders KW - Antiparkinson Drugs KW - Antiparkinsonian Agents KW - Antiparkinsonians KW - Agents, Antiparkinson KW - Agents, Antiparkinsonian KW - Drugs, Antiparkinson KW - Parasympatholytics KW - Health Services for Aged KW - Health Services for the Elderly KW - Health Services, Geriatric KW - Geriatric Health Services KW - Geriatric Health Service KW - Health Service, Geriatric KW - Service, Geriatric Health KW - Services, Geriatric Health KW - Frail Elderly KW - psychology. KW - Anthropological aspects KW - Diseases KW - United States. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77888466 AB - 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 PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging. She explores how ideas of what to expect in older age influence and direct interpretations of one's body. This sensitive and groundbreaking work unites theories of disease with modern conceptions of the body in biological and social terms. PD, like other chronic disorders, presents a special case of embodiment which challenge our thinking about how such diseases should be researched and how they are experienced. ER -