Ken Langa's dust jacket summary appropriately states, the authors, "make clear that, in order to understand health and cognitive decline more fully, we must consider the quality and inclusiveness of the environment through which we travel from birth to death." Alzheimer's or brain health should not be simply conceived or understood, the authors' argue, at a biological level but also the result of material conditions of life mediated by political-economic organizations that dictate public policy - and these from a brain health perspective are what's demented. The work should remind listeners of my May discussion with CUNY Professor Nick Freudenberg regarding his work, At What Cost, Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health. Dedicated listeners may recall I interviewed the Alzheimer's Association's Robert Egge in April of 2015.)
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Ken Langa's dust jacket summary appropriately states, the authors, "make clear that, in order to understand health and cognitive decline more fully, we must consider the quality and inclusiveness of the environment through which we travel from birth to death." Alzheimer's or brain health should not be simply conceived or understood, the authors' argue, at a biological level but also the result of material conditions of life mediated by political-economic organizations that dictate public policy - and these from a brain health perspective are what's demented. The work should remind listeners of my May discussion with CUNY Professor Nick Freudenberg regarding his work, At What Cost, Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health. Dedicated listeners may recall I interviewed the Alzheimer's Association's Robert Egge in April of 2015.)