Slowing Down-A Family's Experience With ALS

JAMA Neurol. 2024 Sep 1;81(9):907-908. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1922.

Authors

Andrea M Shamaskin-Garroway^{1

2}, Joel Shamaskin³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
² Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
³ Professor emeritus, Department of Medicine, retired, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.

PMID: 38913386
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1922

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Plain language summary

This essay discusses the author’s experience after her father was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Publication types

Personal Narrative

MeSH terms

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis*
Family / psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged