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by Thomas DeBaggio, 207 pp, $24, ISBN 0-7432-0565-0, New York, NY, Free Press, 2002.

JAMA. 2002;288:2339.

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In Losing my Mind, Thomas DeBaggio, a 57-year-old writer, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer disease. This event begins his "project": to write his autobiography. Uniquely, the disease will affect the very memories he longs to put to paper.

I was surprised at how effectively the style and structure of DeBaggio's book awoke in me new thoughts and ideas about a disease that I specialize in and diagnose on a regular basis.

DeBaggio intermixes present events, such as the medical work up, neuropsychological testing, and the diagnosis by the physician, with past memories. He provides accurate medical updates at appropriate points throughout in support of thematic material. As a physician, I was most appreciative of this multilayered approach, which presents Alzheimer disease broadly, from the standpoints of patient and family, physician, and research community.

The author's ability to bring back old memories, the very memories known in Alzheimer disease to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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