Alzheimer Conundrum : Entanglements of Dementia and Aging, Hardcover by Lock, Margaret, ISBN 069114978X, ISBN-13 9780691149783, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKLock here discusses the socio-historical and medico-scientific perspectives on Alzheimer's disease. Although there is substantial motivation to detect early changes predictive of the disease and procure preventative treatment, this quest is problematized by the lack of consistent correlations between biological signs and symptom severity. Lock discusses the perception of Alzheimer's-type dementia as a disease vs. a normal sign of aging, the history of attempts to detect prodromal symptoms and molecular indicators, genetic, epigenetic, and epidemiological research, and public health efforts in prevention. Discussion of genetic research leads into anthropological and ethnographic considerations regarding the reactions of people to identification of genetic or other predisposing markers and the value of that information. Th ends by recapitulating themes of the social perspective on aging and its effect on individual identity and families, whether diagnosed as AD or not. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()