The Golden Rule - Lessons in living from a doctor of ageing

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Today, we are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age. What will make us happy? What are we frightened of, and what might allay those fears? What changes, made right now, will help us to flourish as we age?

This book contains lessons I''ve learned from thirty years of working with older people and those close to them. It looks at problems that can be fixed with tests and tablets, and problems that require a different sort of medicine. I explain what I have been taught about loss, about impossible families, about becoming older without children, and the important things I have learned about sexuality, race, love, and living with uncertainty.

The power has been in the wrong place for too long – medical teams have not always heard the voices of older people or those who love them. But if we are given power to influence the lives of our future selves, how best shall we use it? What do we want? What difference can we make?

This is the moment for us to act, to set in place a better society for older people, and to build the future we want for ourselves.
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About the author

Lucy Pollock has long been grateful for the guidance offered by an early boss, who hoped she would not be offended if he suggested she should specialise in geriatric medicine. Having trained at Cambridge and Bart’s Hospital, Lucy is now a Consultant Geriatrician in Somerset. She has been working with older people for 30 years, and has learned useful things about life from a great many older people.

Report

The Golden Rule is part manifesto for better integration and appreciation between generations, and part reflection on a career spent looking after our elders, [. . .] with good humour, sanity, wisdom and quite a few jokes . . . her messages are clear and I'd love to see them headline every statement on health policy . . . [Lucy] offers advice not just on how to live to a ripe old age but also how to enjoy it The Times

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Pollock
• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9780241593516
• ISBN: 978-0-241-59351-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 223 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness, SELF-HELP / Aging, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Later Years, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Mid-Life, Care of the elderly, Retirement, Relating to late adulthood / old age, Coping with / advice about loneliness / solitude