In the 1981 The Paris Review interview Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez stated that his “first paragraph”
was one of his most difficult tasks as a writer. The first paragraph “solves most
the problems with the book. The themes are defined, the style, the tone.”
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When asked to write a commentary on Dax Volle's insightful manuscript on dementia
care at the end of life (EOL),
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channeling García Márquez's burden was not a stretch at all. The challenge arose
from the cognitive dissonance between my professional activities and the reality of
assisting my wife provide EOL dementia care for her father and my mother.- Volle D
Dementia care at the end of life: a clinically focused review.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2022; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2022.11.006
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Published online: December 07, 2022
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December 5,
2022
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December 4,
2022
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