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Sick to death and not going to take it anymore! [electronic resource] : reforming health care for the last years of life / Joanne Lynn.

By: Lynn, Joanne, 1951-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: California/Milbank books on health and the public: 10.Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : New York : University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund, c2004Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-189) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 205 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780520931428 (electronic bk.); 0520931424 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Older people -- Medical care -- United States | Older people -- Long-term care -- United States | Chronically ill -- Medical care -- United States | Terminal care -- United States | Health care reform -- United States | Chronic diseases -- United States | Health care reform -- United States | Long-term care of the sick -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 362.198/97/00973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Just the facts: serious chronic disease in the last phase of life -- Seeing the world differently: ideas to shape reform -- Good care for some people, sometimes -- Surveying the terrain: opportunities and challenges -- Good care for us all: building the care system to count on.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-189) and index.

Just the facts: serious chronic disease in the last phase of life -- Seeing the world differently: ideas to shape reform -- Good care for some people, sometimes -- Surveying the terrain: opportunities and challenges -- Good care for us all: building the care system to count on.

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.

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