Rethinking Aging : Growing Old and Living Well in an Overtreated Society.
/Nortin M Hadler
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
List of figures ; List of tables ; Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction; 1. The Financial Services Industry; 2. The ICT Industry; 3. The Automotive Industry; 4. The Hotel Industry; 5. The Marketing and Media Industry; 6. The Pharmaceutical Industry; 7. The Retail Industry; 8. The Energy Industry; 9. Conclusion; Glossary of terms ; Index
Over the past decade, Hadler has established himself as a leading voice among those who approach the menu of health-care choices with informed skepticism. Only the rigorous demonstration of efficacy is adequate reassurance of a treatment's value, he argues; if it cannot be shown that a particular treatment will benefit the patient, one should proceed with caution. In Rethinking Aging, Hadler offers a doctor's perspective on the medical literature as well as his long clinical experience to help readers assess their health-care options and make informed medical choices in the last decades of lif.
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Older people. --Medical care--United States.
Older people--United States--Psychology. Health behavior --United States