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A bitter pill : how the medical system is failing the elderly
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A bitter pill : how the medical system is failing the elderly / John Sloan.
ISBN
9781553654551 (alk. paper)
1553654552 (alk. paper)
Published
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, c2009.
Physical Description
252 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary
"Medical treatment of elderly people is not working. Worse, it is often harmful. Clear, hard-hitting, and authoritative, A Bitter Pill investigates why the medical system - from its one-size-fits-all prevention strategy to hospital stays that don't benefit anyone - is failing old people who are in fragile health and what we can do about it."--BOOK JACKET.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 13, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-246) and index.
Contents
The fragile elderly
Pseudoscience
Poisonous prevention
Three blind dice
The cathedrals of crisis
Falling between the cracks
You should see the other guy
Lock them up and throw away the key
Nobody asked us
Starting back.
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