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The Practical Guide to Aging

What Everyone Needs to Know

By: Christine K. Cassel

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The Practical Guide to Aging

What Everyone Needs to Know

By: Christine K. Cassel

Experts in their relative fields discuss topics such as the normal processes of aging, how laws affect the elderly, what forms of exercise are most beneficial at various stages of life, family issues, and more.

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350

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NYU Press

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ISBN 10

0814715168

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9780814715161

Medicare Matters

What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care

By: Christine K. Cassel

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Medicare Matters

What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care

By: Christine K. Cassel

Savvy, comprehensive, and authoritative, this book, written by a physician with more than thirty years experience caring for elderly patients, assesses the current state and the future prospects of Medicare, perhaps the most influential health-insurance program of our time. Christine K. Cassel draws upon the latest developments in science and medicine in a sweeping analysis of Medicare s social, demographic, institutional, political, and policy contexts. Writing in accessible language, using case studies to illustrate how policies translate to everyday lives, and applying lessons from the practice of geriatric medicine, Cassel makes a powerful argument for reforming and modernizing Medicare. She offers a new vision of what healthy aging could be and delineates what is needed to realize this vision, including changes in the medical sector, in the policy arena, and in our cultural beliefs about aging. Cassel sheds light on a wide range of issues pertaining to Medicare, including debates about coverage and the looming deficit in the Medicare trust fund. Perhaps the most controversial issue she addresses is the challenge of rationing some kinds of care. Anchoring her discussion of Medicare in the idea that care for the elderly represents a social contract between government and its citizens, Cassel describes both the principles and potential of a progressive approach to geriatric medicine. She further argues that with this approach, we can also address the chronic problems of our larger health-care system and provide all Americans, no matter what their age, with high-quality and affordable medical care.

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284

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Univ of California Press

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ISBN 10

0520933850

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9780520933859

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

By: Donna Olendorf,Christine Jeryan,Karen Boyden

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The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

By: Donna Olendorf,Christine Jeryan,Karen Boyden

Contains articles that provide medical information about a wide variety of common diseases, disorders, tests, and treatments; arranged alphabetically from N-to-S; and includes cross-references, definitions of terms, and lists of resources.

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798

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Gale Cengage

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0787618721

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9780787618728

Geriatric Medicine

Volume 1: Medical, Psychiatric, and Pharmacological Topics

By: C.K. Cassel,J.R. Walsh

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Geriatric Medicine

Volume 1: Medical, Psychiatric, and Pharmacological Topics

By: C.K. Cassel,J.R. Walsh

This new edition of a critically-acclaimed text, completely revised and updated, offers practical and comprehensive coverage of the diseases, common problems, and medical care of older persons. Building on the third edition, this revision will present a new approach focusing on Evidence-Based Medicine, with new chapters including: Physiology of Aging, Clinical Strategies of Prescribing for Older Adults, Chronic Disease Management, Prevention, Doctor-Patient Communication Issues, Sources of Suffering in the Elderly, and many others. In addition, there will be a separate chapter on Evidence-Based Geriatrics, as well as sidebars in every chapter, where applicable, on Evidence-Based Medicine. This will be an all-encompassing, authoritative volume on geriatric medicine, needed more than ever because the over-80 population is the fastest growing age group in the country.

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Springer

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0387909443

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9780387909448

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The Practical Guide to Aging

The Practical Guide to Aging

Medicare Matters

Medicare Matters

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Geriatric Medicine

Geriatric Medicine

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