Sick to death and not going to take it anymore! :: reforming health care for the last years of life /

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 hea...

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1. Verfasser: Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, Calif. : New York : University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund, ©2004.
Schriftenreihe:California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 10.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 205 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-189) and index.
ISBN:9780520931428
0520931424
0520243005
9780520243002
1417540796
9781417540792

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