Our parents, ourselves : how American health care imperils middle age and beyond / Judith Steinberg Turiel.

The prospect of caring for elderly relatives who may be too old, fragile, or forgetful to manage on their own looms large for millions of women and men who are unprepared for the difficulties such an experience can bring.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turiel, Judith Steinberg, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Independence in daily life: aging in-place or elsewhere
  • Patterns of decline: mind and matter
  • The pharmaceutical age: taking our medicine
  • Health-care rationing: taking it personally
  • End of life
  • Conclusions and a look ahead: baby boomers take stock.