title: The patient talks back.
abstract: Reviews of: The two kinds of decay, by Sarah Manguso; My stroke of insight: a brain scientist's personal journey, by Jill Bolte Taylor; and The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead, by David Shields.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010956:Plasmapheresis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D020277:Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D020521:Stroke / Q000145:classification*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation