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Our parents, ourselves : how American health care imperils middle age and beyond /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turiel, Judith Steinberg, 1948-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Older people > Medical care > United States.
Aging > United States.
Activities of Daily Living > United States.
Health Policy > United States.
Health Services Accessibility > United States.
Quality of Life > United States.
Aged > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Independence in daily life: aging in-place or elsewhere
  • Patterns of decline: mind and matter
  • The pharmaceutical age: taking our medicine
  • Health-care rationing: taking it personally
  • End of life
  • Conclusions and a look ahead: baby boomers take stock.