For several years Denise Cooper cared for her demented mother and her extended family in a small town in Washington State. She recorded an extensive blog, from which this is a short exerpt.... | read more
Each time our family travels, I pack a small bag with every medication we might need in the event someone gets sick – and someone always gets sick. | read more
The internet is what it is, and one of its charms is its freewheeling nature, but as a source of medical information it must be approached with caution.
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Jennie Kermode takes a look at how the “mentally disabled” have been presented in film and what this tells us about society's attitudes towards them.
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