Looking back from loss: views of the self in Alzheimer's disease |
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| Institution: | 1. National Center for Arts and Health, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;2. School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Kingdom of Bahrain;3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;4. Center for Aging, Neurosciences and the Humanities, Trinity Center for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;1. Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA;2. School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA;3. Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA;2. Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI;3. Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI;1. Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States;2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States;3. Department of Bioengineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States;4. College of Engineering, Driftmier Engineering Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States;5. Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, United States;1. Signature HealthCARE, Louisville, KY;2. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and Schools of Social Work and Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC;3. School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC;1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA;2. Imaging Research Center, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children''s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article examines the narrative construction of Alzheimer's disease in three autobiographies. Two of them use traditional linear structure, which demands a coherent, consistent “self” as narrator. The third is structured as a journal, allowing the reader to experience more fully the disjointed nature of the disease. All three create a clear sense of “self,” which contrasts strongly the idea that Alzheimer's disease entails a loss of “self”. |
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