Binding: Hardcover
Description: Dr Daniel Gibbs is one of 50 million people worldwide with an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Unlike most patients with Alzheimer's however Dr Gibbs worked as a neurologist for twenty - five years caring for patients with the very disease now affecting him. Also unusual is that Dr Gibbs had begun to suspect he had Alzheimer's several years before any official diagnosis could be made. Forewarned by genetic testing showing he carried alleles that increased the risk of developing the disease he noticed symptoms of mild cognitive impairment long before any tests would have alerted him. In this highly personal account Dr Gibbs documents the effect his diagnosis has had on his life and explains his advocacy for improving early recognition of Alzheimer's. Weaving clinical knowledge from decades caring for dementia patients with his personal experience of the disease this is an optimistic tale of one man's journey with early - stage Alzheimer's disease.
Title: A Tattoo On My Brain A Neurologist's Personal Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease
Author(s): Barker Teresa H.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108838931
Pages: 254 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 5/6/2021
Category: Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology