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By Thomas DeBaggio. 224 pp. New York, Free Press, 2002. $24. ISBN 0-743-20565-0.

Herbalist and writer Thomas DeBaggio describes eloquently the terror evoked by the label "Alzheimer's disease." His book joins works of fiction, nonfiction, and alleged nonfiction that portray their authors' struggles with the demon of dementia. In general, we should celebrate such attempts to highlight the perspective of the patient, client, or consumer with descriptions of the writer's own experience with illness. Nevertheless, efforts to inform and influence the public through such books invite criticism as well as celebration.

Losing My Mind is intentionally written in several different voices. Incompletely referenced quotations from the Johns Hopkins White Papers, National Institute on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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