Rethinking Aging

Rethinking Aging
Author :
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 273
Release :
ISBN-13 : 9780807869239
ISBN-10 : 0807869236
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Rethinking Aging by : Nortin M. Hadler, M.D.

Download or read book Rethinking Aging written by Nortin M. Hadler, M.D. and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those fortunate enough to reside in the developed world, death before reaching a ripe old age is a tragedy, not a fact of life. Although aging and dying are not diseases, older Americans are subject to the most egregious marketing in the name of "successful aging" and "long life," as if both are commodities. In Rethinking Aging, Nortin M. Hadler examines health-care choices offered to aging Americans and argues that too often the choices serve to profit the provider rather than benefit the recipient, leading to the medicalization of everyday ailments and blatant overtreatment. Rethinking Aging forewarns and arms readers with evidence-based insights that facilitate health-promoting decision making. Over the past decades, 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 life. The challenges of aging and dying, he eloquently assures us, can be faced with sophistication, confidence, and grace.


Rethinking Aging Related Books

Rethinking Aging
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Nortin M. Hadler, M.D.
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-12 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

For those fortunate enough to reside in the developed world, death before reaching a ripe old age is a tragedy, not a fact of life. Although aging and dying are
Rethinking Aging
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors:
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Rethinking Aging
Creative Aging
Language: en
Pages: 162
Authors: Marjory Zoet Bankson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Discover Your Unique Gift "Creative aging is a choice.... If we remember that transition always begins with endings, moves on to a wilderness period of testing
Beyond Filial Piety
Language: en
Pages: 433
Authors: Jeanne Shea
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-01 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Known for a tradition of Confucian filial piety, East Asian societies have some of the oldest and most rapidly aging populations on earth. Today these societies
Elderhood
Language: en
Pages: 467
Authors: Louise Aronson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-11 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction A New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner o