Our Parents, Ourselves: How American Health Care Imperils Middle Age and Beyond / Edition 1

Our Parents, Ourselves: How American Health Care Imperils Middle Age and Beyond / Edition 1

by Judith Steinberg Turiel
ISBN-10:
0520245245
ISBN-13:
9780520245242
Pub. Date:
11/09/2005
Publisher:
University of California Press
ISBN-10:
0520245245
ISBN-13:
9780520245242
Pub. Date:
11/09/2005
Publisher:
University of California Press
Our Parents, Ourselves: How American Health Care Imperils Middle Age and Beyond / Edition 1

Our Parents, Ourselves: How American Health Care Imperils Middle Age and Beyond / Edition 1

by Judith Steinberg Turiel

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Overview

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. Written by a daughter of aging parents, this book takes an honest, unflinching look at aging in America, weaving together personal stories with current medical information to trace exactly how social and health care policies are affecting daily lives. Judith Steinberg Turiel addresses such topics as healthy aging and independent living; mental impairment brought on by Alzheimer's, other dementias, and depression; women as caregivers; health care rationing; the power of prescription drug makers; end-of-life care; and prospects for Medicare. Her book clearly demonstrates the pressing need for quality health care for people of all ages—through universal, publicly funded health insurance.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520245242
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/09/2005
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 317
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Judith Steinberg Turiel, a freelance medical writer with an Ed.D. from Harvard, is author of Beyond Second Opinions: Making Choices about Fertility Treatment (1998) and coauthor of Preventing Preterm Birth: A Parent's Guide (1988). She was research liaison for DES Action, worked with the Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for LifeLong Medical Care in Berkeley, CA.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction

1 Independence in Daily Life: Aging-in-Place or Elsewhere
2 Patterns of Decline: Mind and Matter
3 The Pharmaceutical Age: Taking Our Medicine
4 Health-Care Rationing: Taking It Personally
5 End of Life
6 Conclusions and a Look Ahead: The Baby Boom Takes Stock

Appendix. Resources for Information and Referrals
Notes
References
Index
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