Aging: Narrative Matters
by Health Affairs
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Description
Stories about growing older, from Narrative Matters, a section of first-person essays in the policy journal Health Affairs.
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Julia Alvarez - "On The Southern Front" Full Essay | Caring for elderly parents across borders and cultures and languages. (July/August 2009) | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Solomon Klass - "Aging And The Inaccessible City" Abridged Version | A legally blind, eighty-two-year-old writing professor-who's still teaching-makes the case that cities should become more accommodating to residents with disabilities. (September 2010) | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Solomon Klass - "Aging And The Inaccessible City" Full Essay | A legally blind, eighty-two-year-old writing professor-who's still teaching-makes the case that cities should become more accommodating to residents with disabilities. (September 2010) | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Jerald Winakur - "Dad's Legacy" Full Essay | After writing a Narrative Matters essay about his dad's downward spiral into old age, disability, and dementia, a physician deals with reactions to the piece--including what his father has to say. (November/December 2007) | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jerald Winakur - "Dad's Legacy" Abridged Version | After writing a Narrative Matters essay about his dad's downward spiral into old age, disability, and dementia, a physician deals with reactions to the piece--including what his father has to say. (November/December 2007) | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steven A. Wartman - "My Mother, A Professional Patient" Full Essay | When a physician’s aging mother starts visiting lots of specialists and often being unsatisfied with the results, the son comes up with a clever, life-enhancing solution. (September/October 2006) | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jerald Winakur - "What Are We Going To Do With Dad?" Full Essay | A geriatrician stands by during his father’s downward spiral into old age, disability, and dementia. (July/August 2005) | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jerald Winakur - "What Are We Going To Do With Dad?" Abridged Version | A geriatrician stands by during his father’s downward spiral into old age, disability, and dementia. (July/August 2005) | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Episodes |
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