UID:
almafu_9959232446202883
Format:
1 online resource (352 p.)
ISBN:
0-674-03759-6
Content:
Someday, as Muriel Gillick points out in this important yet unsettling book, you too will be old. How do you prepare? What will you need? Skilfully incorporating insights from medicine, health policy and economics, she lays out action plans for individuals and for communities.
Note:
Originally published: 2006.
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Prelude 1. An Ounce of Prevention? 2. When Less Is More 3. Doing the Right Thing Near the End 4. The Trouble with Medicare 5. Is a Nursing Home in Your Future? 6. Assisted Living: Boon or Boondoggle? 7. The Lure of Immortality 8. Making the Most of the Retirement Years Finale Appendix: Resources and References Notes Acknowledgments Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-02543-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674037595
