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_aNortin M Hadler
245 _aRethinking Aging
_b: Growing Old and Living Well in an Overtreated Society.
_c/Nortin M Hadler
260 _aChapel Hill
_b: University of North Carolina Press,
_c2011.
300 _a 1 online resource (273 pages)
505 _a 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
520 _a 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.
546 _aIN ENGLISH
648 0 _9902
_aOlder people.
_xMedical care
_zUnited States.
650 0 _9903
_aOlder people
_yPsychology.
_zUnited States
650 0 _9904
_aHealth behavior
_zUnited States
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