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Alanna Shaikh: Como me estou a preparar para ter Alzheimer

Filmed Jun 2012 • Posted Jul 2012TEDGlobal 2012
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Quando confrontados com um pai com Alzheimer, a maioria de nós responde com a negação ("Não me vai acontecer") ou com esforços extremos de prevenção. Mas a TED Fellow e especialista em saúde global Alanna Shaikh responde de maneira diferente. Alanna está a tomar três medidas concretas para se preparar para o momento -- caso chegue -- em que ela própria tenha a doença de Alzheimer.

Global development expert Alanna Shaikh takes on the toughest of health issues—from the ones affecting the globe at large to the ones hurting her own family. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese by Rafael Galupa
Reviewed by Wanderley Jesus
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