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Sick To Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore! - Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life (Hardcover)
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Sick To Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore! - Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life (Hardcover)
Series: California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public, 10
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Just a few generations ago, serious illness, like hazardous
weather, arrived with little warning, and people either lived
through it or died. In this important, convincing, and long-overdue
call for health care reform, Joanne Lynn demonstrates that our
current health system, like our concepts of health and disease,
developed at a time when life was mostly short, serious illnesses
and disabilities were common at every age, and dying was quick.
Today, most Americans live a long life, with the disabilities and
discomforts of progressive chronic illness appearing only during
the final chapters of their life stories. Sick to Death and Not
Going to Take It Anymore! maintains that health care and community
services are not set up to meet the needs of the large number of
people who face a prolonged period of progressive illness and
disability before death. Lynn offers what she calls an "owner's
manual for the health care system," which lays out facts, concepts,
strategies, and action plans for genuine reform and gives the
reader new ways to interpret information creatively, imagine
innovative possibilities, and take steps to implement them.
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Imprint: |
University of California Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public, 10 |
Release date: |
October 2004 |
First published: |
2005 |
Authors: |
Joanne Lynn
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
217 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-24300-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
Health systems & services >
General
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LSN: |
0-520-24300-5 |
Barcode: |
9780520243002 |
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