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Alzheimer's, Memory and Being

What does Alzheimer's disease reveal about the nature of human identity? What remains when memory unravels? And how might such insights help Alzheimer's sufferers themselves? This episode of Speaking of Faith features the poetry of Sean Nevin.

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