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El cerebro de mi padre: Luces y sombras de la vida con Alzheimer (Testimonios de vida)
Un relato emotivo y sincero sobre cómo vivir la demencia de un padre explicado desde la mirada de un científico que analiza también por qué el cerebro humano degenera y qué podemos hacer tanto para evitarlo como para acompañar ese deterioro.
Cerca de 50 millones de personas padecen algún tipo de deterioro cognitivo grave en el mundo. En España, el número de enfermos de Alzheimer ronda el millón y se prevé que el número se duplique en los próximos años.
El médico y escritor Sandeep Jauhar relata, desde su particular mirada de científico, cómo fue enfrentarse a esta realidad cuando su padre, también un hombre de ciencia, recibió el diagnóstico.
Con humor y compasión, desde la doble perspectiva humana y científica, El cerebro de mi padre es un viaje a la comprensión de la enfermedad del Alzheimer pero también la emotiva historia de un hombre, sus familiares y su entorno, sumergidos en un momento vital difícil y, a ratos, tan inaceptable como incomprensible.
Un libro que resulta un aprendizaje de vida y en el que el lector encontrará respuestas a una realidad cada día más cercana y frecuente.
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«Toda familia que haya tenido que enfrentarse al diagnóstico de Alzheimer se verá reflejado en este libro excepcional.» Publishers Weekly
«Combinando el humor, la compasión y el absorbente drama familiar de unas memorias de primer nivel con una escritura científica experta, [Sandeep Jauhar] ha compuesto una introducción imperdible a lo que se ha llamado la Era del Alzheimer.» —Sanjay Gupta, autor de El cerebro en forma
Cerca de 50 millones de personas padecen algún tipo de deterioro cognitivo grave en el mundo. En España, el número de enfermos de Alzheimer ronda el millón y se prevé que el número se duplique en los próximos años.
El médico y escritor Sandeep Jauhar relata, desde su particular mirada de científico, cómo fue enfrentarse a esta realidad cuando su padre, también un hombre de ciencia, recibió el diagnóstico.
Con humor y compasión, desde la doble perspectiva humana y científica, El cerebro de mi padre es un viaje a la comprensión de la enfermedad del Alzheimer pero también la emotiva historia de un hombre, sus familiares y su entorno, sumergidos en un momento vital difícil y, a ratos, tan inaceptable como incomprensible.
Un libro que resulta un aprendizaje de vida y en el que el lector encontrará respuestas a una realidad cada día más cercana y frecuente.
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«Toda familia que haya tenido que enfrentarse al diagnóstico de Alzheimer se verá reflejado en este libro excepcional.» Publishers Weekly
«Combinando el humor, la compasión y el absorbente drama familiar de unas memorias de primer nivel con una escritura científica experta, [Sandeep Jauhar] ha compuesto una introducción imperdible a lo que se ha llamado la Era del Alzheimer.» —Sanjay Gupta, autor de El cerebro en forma
280 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 8, 2025
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About the author
Sandeep Jauhar
11 books220 followersSandeep Jauhar has written several bestselling books, all published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
"My Father’s Brain," his most recent book, is a memoir of his relationship with his father as he succumbed to dementia. In the book, Jauhar sets his father’s descent into Alzheimer’s alongside his own journey toward understanding his father’s disease. It was named by The New Yorker and Smithsonian magazine as one of the best books of 2023.
The book relates the complications that arise when family members must become caregivers. Though the conflicts are personal, they are also universal—conversations and conflicts that every family facing the mental erosion of an elder has. At the same time, the book explores everything from ancient conceptions of the mind to the most cutting-edge neurological―and bioethical―research. It delves into what happens in the brain as we age and our memory falters, how memory gives meaning to our lives, even as it changes with time, how dementia complicates our understanding of what it means to have a self — and what all this means for patients, their families, and society at large.
Jauhar's first book, "Intern: A Doctor's Initiation," was an international bestseller and was optioned by NBC for a dramatic television series.
His second book, "Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician," was a New York Times bestseller and was named a New York Post Best Book of 2014.
"Heart: A History," his third book, was named a best book of 2018 by the Mail on Sunday, Science Friday, Zocalo Public Square, and the Los Angeles Public Library, and was the PBS NewsHour/New York Times book club pick for January 2019; it was also a finalist for the Wellcome Book Prize.
A practicing physician, Jauhar writes regularly for the opinion section of The New York Times. His TED Talk on the emotional heart was one of the ten most-watched TED Talks of 2019. To learn more about him and his work, visit his website at www.sandeepjauhar.com or follow him on social media.
"My Father’s Brain," his most recent book, is a memoir of his relationship with his father as he succumbed to dementia. In the book, Jauhar sets his father’s descent into Alzheimer’s alongside his own journey toward understanding his father’s disease. It was named by The New Yorker and Smithsonian magazine as one of the best books of 2023.
The book relates the complications that arise when family members must become caregivers. Though the conflicts are personal, they are also universal—conversations and conflicts that every family facing the mental erosion of an elder has. At the same time, the book explores everything from ancient conceptions of the mind to the most cutting-edge neurological―and bioethical―research. It delves into what happens in the brain as we age and our memory falters, how memory gives meaning to our lives, even as it changes with time, how dementia complicates our understanding of what it means to have a self — and what all this means for patients, their families, and society at large.
Jauhar's first book, "Intern: A Doctor's Initiation," was an international bestseller and was optioned by NBC for a dramatic television series.
His second book, "Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician," was a New York Times bestseller and was named a New York Post Best Book of 2014.
"Heart: A History," his third book, was named a best book of 2018 by the Mail on Sunday, Science Friday, Zocalo Public Square, and the Los Angeles Public Library, and was the PBS NewsHour/New York Times book club pick for January 2019; it was also a finalist for the Wellcome Book Prize.
A practicing physician, Jauhar writes regularly for the opinion section of The New York Times. His TED Talk on the emotional heart was one of the ten most-watched TED Talks of 2019. To learn more about him and his work, visit his website at www.sandeepjauhar.com or follow him on social media.
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December 31, 2025
Me parece un libro entrañable, sincero y con explicaciones científicas para ir entendiendo la enfermedad.
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