Janelle S. Taylor’s highly cited article “On Recognition, Caring, and Dementia,” published in 2008 in Medical Anthropology Quarterly, has now been adapted into a story that aired on February 5th on This American Life, as part of Episode #823, “The Question Trap.”
This American Life airs weekly on radio stations across the U.S. and Canada and is also available as a podcast (and has more than 4 million subscribers). New York Times subscribers can access the episode one day early, on the New York Times audio app.
Listen to the episode here (Dr. Taylor’s segment begins at Act Three: How’s Your Mom?)
This American Life website: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/