Jason Karlawish, M.D. suggests in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday March 8, 2015 that Still Alice, the bestselling novel and 2014 film, is not the right story to help us understand Alzheimer’s disease.
“Still Alice raises awareness, but it’s not the right story to help us understand Alzheimer’s disease or how we’ll live with it in the 21st century,” says Dr. Karlawish. “The history of the 20th century is the history of the triumph of autonomy, and Alzheimer’s disease is a disease because it takes this away. As the U.S. embarks on a national plan to prevent it, these efforts, however, are going to challenge the very same autonomy we wish to protect,” he adds.
You can read the Philadelphia Inquirer story here.