Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity
The author of Prepare to Defend Yourself… How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life is back.

This time Matthew Minson, MD, turns a penetrating and whimsical eye on the medical and social aspects of aging in Prepare to Defend Yourself…How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity.

While seeming to simultaneously channel a combination of Benjamin Franklin and Charles Schulz, Dr. Minson goes after bodily changes, behaviors—good and bad, and what everyone can do to make life more bearable and—dare we say it—fun after fifty. Laced with his unique style of poignancy and humor and peppered with his own surrealistically funny cartoons, the book bravely takes on health, finances, sex, diet, exercise, death, the law, and what you can do to protect what matters most as you age. It’s life, liberty, and the pursuit of a chuckle in this groundbreaking book that just might make you look forward to your golden years.

For anyone of any age who plans on aging with their dignity intact, this is the book for you.

 
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Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity
The author of Prepare to Defend Yourself… How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life is back.

This time Matthew Minson, MD, turns a penetrating and whimsical eye on the medical and social aspects of aging in Prepare to Defend Yourself…How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity.

While seeming to simultaneously channel a combination of Benjamin Franklin and Charles Schulz, Dr. Minson goes after bodily changes, behaviors—good and bad, and what everyone can do to make life more bearable and—dare we say it—fun after fifty. Laced with his unique style of poignancy and humor and peppered with his own surrealistically funny cartoons, the book bravely takes on health, finances, sex, diet, exercise, death, the law, and what you can do to protect what matters most as you age. It’s life, liberty, and the pursuit of a chuckle in this groundbreaking book that just might make you look forward to your golden years.

For anyone of any age who plans on aging with their dignity intact, this is the book for you.

 
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Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity

Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity

by Matthew Minson
Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity

Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity

by Matthew Minson

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The author of Prepare to Defend Yourself… How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life is back.

This time Matthew Minson, MD, turns a penetrating and whimsical eye on the medical and social aspects of aging in Prepare to Defend Yourself…How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity.

While seeming to simultaneously channel a combination of Benjamin Franklin and Charles Schulz, Dr. Minson goes after bodily changes, behaviors—good and bad, and what everyone can do to make life more bearable and—dare we say it—fun after fifty. Laced with his unique style of poignancy and humor and peppered with his own surrealistically funny cartoons, the book bravely takes on health, finances, sex, diet, exercise, death, the law, and what you can do to protect what matters most as you age. It’s life, liberty, and the pursuit of a chuckle in this groundbreaking book that just might make you look forward to your golden years.

For anyone of any age who plans on aging with their dignity intact, this is the book for you.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781623494131
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication date: 04/15/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 376
File size: 23 MB
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About the Author

MATTHEW MINSON, MD, is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Texas A&M School of Public Health and serves as the senior advisor for health affairs at the Texas Engineering Extension Service. An occupational medicine physician and expert in disaster medicine and catastrophic care considerations, he has been featured on C-SPAN and NPR and holds committee and forum appointments at the National Fire Protection Association and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. He is the author of Prepare to Defend Yourself…How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Life

Chapter 1 Biology and Genetics: Why the Gene Pool Needs a Lifeguard! 11

Chapter 2 Behavior: I Am a Jelly Donut! 55

Chapter 3 Your Physical Environment: The Big Toxic Elephant in the Room 106

Chapter 4 The Social and Psychological Environment: I Think, Therefore My Head Hurts 146

Chapter 5 Access to Health Care: How to Get a Backstage Pass 178

Liberty

Chapter 6 Financial Resources-Health: Why Sea Monkeys Are a Bad Long-Term Investment Strategy 216

Chapter 7 Financial Resources-Living Expenses: Why HAZMAT Incidents Are a Lot Like Consumer Advocacy 234

Chapter 8 Abuse and Self-Protection: Keeping Your Guard Up 264

The Pursuit of Happiness

Chapter 9 Sex and Sexuality: The Schoolhouse Rock Segment That Never Was 300

Chapter 10 End of Life: I Am Not Counting on a Sequel 326

References 347

Index 355

Interviews

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