Medical ideology as a double-edged sword: The politics of cure and care in the making of Alzheimer's disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 788-795

  Chaufan, Claudia ^a   Hollister, Brooke ^a   Nazareno, Jennifer ^a   Fox, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Medicalization; Senile dementia; Social health movements; USA

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; IDEOLOGY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL IDEOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PUBLICATION; RECORDING; SCIENTIST; SENILITY; UNITED STATES;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857036377     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.033     Document Type: Article

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