Reviews for HPLC Detection: Newer Methods

The average rating for HPLC Detection: Newer Methods based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-09-21 00:00:00 Michael Mansfield This book was tremendous for many reasons. First, Macarthur Genius-award-winning Basting certainly deserves that recognition for her mutli-platformed approach to combating dangerous misconceptions about Alzheimer's and dementia. Rather than seeing these experiences as reducing people to what they no longer are, she focuses on the present and what people are still capable of doing, especially through creative processes like song writing, photography, storytelling and dance. Before she gives concrete examples of all of these various programs around the country designed to focus on the "still human" part of people with memory impairment, she spends several chapters in astute analysis looking at the how our culture represents dementia, often times in the most terrifying ways. I was totally surprised to find an entire chapter devoted to William Shatner's character Denny Crane on "Boston Legal," but it made sense to examine that persona, who she argues is a more positive than negative portrayal. Finally, what I maybe appreciated the most about this book (and hope to emulate!) is her writer's voice throughout. She is, of course, a scholar, teaching at UW-Milwaukee and knows her dementia research, but Basting also writes with much humanity, bringing in her own real life experiences that make readers feel as if she is their long-time college roommate. It is easy to bond with this book and its author as she takes us on a tour of dementia that too often does not get broadcast.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-02-10 00:00:00 Michael Augustine Memory loss, mild cognitive dysfunction, and dementia is devastating to the young and old, especially when it may evolve into Alzheimer's disease. Forget Memory is a short read yet a helpful and resourceful book to those experiencing memory loss and their families.