Description: A clear, well-detailed look at the different causes of damage to and death of the brain (before the body) -- including skull injuries, shaken-baby syndrome and other closed head injuries, skull fractures, brain death by infection, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and other degenerative diseases, stroke and vascular dementia, brain death by toxic chemicals, drugs, and diet. Discusses possible ways to prevent and cure diseases, the care of those who suffer from them, and the issues involved when the brain dies first (life-and-death choices, assisted suicide, health care proxies, living wills) and the financial and societal costs of caring for millions of dying brains.

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