A Bitter Pill: How the Medical System Is Failing the Elderly

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Greystone Books Ltd, 2009 - 252 páginas
What's worse than the failure of the health care system to adequately care for seniors? The fact that it's actually doing them harm. In A Bitter Pill, Dr. John Sloan investigates the reasons why the medical community is unable to provide lasting health to seniors, concluding that incorrect assumptions have led to the current health crisis among the elderly. In a remarkable argument, Sloan contends that medical measures based in prevention actually do seniors more harm than good, diminishing their current quality of life in the hopes of preventing future disease. Sloan maintains that we must understand what those in poor health really need -- a way to enjoy the final stages of their lives. A valuable resource for caregivers, nurses, doctors, and children of the elderly, this book may just turn the tide of medical misconception that has plagued the senior community.
 

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foreword
1
Pseudoscience
39
Poisonous Prevention
60
Three Blind Dice
82
The Cathedrals of Crisis
96
Falling Between the Cracks
116
You Should See the Other Guy
134
Lock Them Up and Throw Away the Key
158
Nobody Asked Us
181
Starting Back
206
epilogue
236
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John Sloan, MD, is a senior academic physician in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia and has spent most of his thirty years of practice caring for the frail elderly in Vancouver. He has lectured throughout Canada and in Europe and the United States, and is sought after as an inspirational speaker on geriatrics. He lives in Vancouver and Roberts Creek, B.C.

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