Learning to live with Huntington's disease : one family's story /

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Author / Creator:Sulaiman, Sandy, 1959-
Imprint:London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11155767
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ISBN:9781435603059
1435603052
9781846426308
1846426308
1281105406
9781281105400
9781843104872
1843104873
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 176).
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Summary:'This is a moving true story of how people can find the inner strength to rise above it when their world is turned upside down.'. - Richard Branson. Huntington's Disease (HD) is a hereditary illness passed on via a defective gene. There is a fifty per cent chance of inheriting it from a parent and there is yet no cure. Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease is one family's poignant story of coping with the symptoms, the diagnosis and the effects of HD. This book presents the struggles and strengths of the whole family when one member loses their future to a terminal illness. Told by the su.
Other form:Print version: Sulaiman, Sandy, 1959- Learning to live with Huntington's disease. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007 9781843104872 1843104873