A bitter pill : how the medical system is failing the elderly
Record details
- ISBN: 9781553654551 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
252 p. ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: Vancouver ; Toronto : D&M Publishers, c2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Greystone Books." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Fragile elderly : all the wrong stuff -- Pseudoscience : where one-size-fits-all health care comes from -- Poisonous prevention : just keep takin' them pills -- Three blind dice : examples of prevention as a gamble -- Cathedrals of crisis : rescue and the hospital -- Falling between the cracks : Geriatric NIMBYism -- You should see the other guy : the system in trouble -- Lock them up and throw away the key : the villains of the piece -- Nobody asked us : what fragile old people want and need -- Starting back : healthier health care -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Older people -- Medical care -- Canada Frail elderly -- Medical care -- Canada Medical policy -- Canada |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Thompson Campus Library | RC 952 .S66 2009 (Text) | 58500000059576 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |