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Informationen zum Autor Judith Steinberg Turiel! a freelance medical writer with an Ed.D. from Harvard! is author of Beyond Second Opinions: Making Choices about Fertility Treatment (1998) and coauthor of Preventing Preterm Birth: A Parent's Guide (1988). She was research liaison for DES Action! worked with the Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women! and currently serves on the Board of Directors for LifeLong Medical Care in Berkeley! CA. Klappentext " Our Parents! Ourselves is the best presentation of our aging! and of general healthcare issues that I have ever seen. Tremendously important."-Henrik Blum! M.D.! MPH! Professor Emeritus! School of Public Health! University of California! Berkeley "This book could well transform how we as a country address aging and caregiving for generations to come."-Lynn Friss Feinberg! MSW! Deputy Director! National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance "Turiel's book can help elders and their families find humane care in our often inhumane and uncaring health care system."- Steffi Woolhandler! co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program Zusammenfassung Looks at aging in America, weaving together personal stories with medical information to trace exactly how social and health care policies are affecting daily lives. This book addresses such topics as healthy aging and independent living; mental impairment brought on by Alzheimer's, other dementias, and depression; and women as caregivers. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Independence in Daily Life: Aging-in-Place or Elsewhere 2 Patterns of Decline: Mind and Matter 3 The Pharmaceutical Age: Taking Our Medicine 4 Health-Care Rationing: Taking It Personally 5 End of Life 6 Conclusions and a Look Ahead: The Baby Boom Takes Stock Appendix. Resources for Information and Referrals Notes References Index ...
