Sick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore!: Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life

by Joanne Lynn

Book Overview

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. Today,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243005
• ISBN13: 9780520243002
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"