TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nortin M Hadler
TI  - Rethinking Aging : : Growing Old and Living Well in an Overtreated Society
SN  - 9781469652108
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chapel Hill 
PB  - : University of North Carolina Press, 
KW  - Older people
KW  - Psychology.
KW  - United States
KW  - Health behavior
N1  - 	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
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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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