2021 The Problem of Alzheimer’s by Jason Karlawish First Edition First Printing Hardcove

The Problem of Alzheimer’s: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It by Jason Karlawish is a deeply researched nonfiction examination of Alzheimer’s disease that goes far beyond its biology.

Karlawish explores how Alzheimer’s developed from a little understood medical condition into one of the defining health and caregiving challenges of modern life. The book combines medicine, scientific history, public policy, ethics, caregiving, and the experiences of patients and families. It examines the evolution of Alzheimer’s research, the difficulties involved in diagnosing and treating the disease, the enormous demands placed on caregivers, and the ways health care systems and public policy have struggled to respond.

Rather than functioning simply as a medical guide, the book asks larger questions about memory, independence, identity, aging, and what it means to care for someone whose cognitive abilities are changing. It also looks toward advances in research and argues for changes in the way society supports both people living with Alzheimer’s and those caring for them.

This copy is a First Edition, First Printing, published by St. Martin’s Press in 2021.