Last Well Person
How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2004
- Category
- Health Policy, Public Health
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773572256
- Publish Date
- Aug 2004
- List Price
- $28.95
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Description
Hadler systematically builds the case that many medical interventions are hazardous to our health. Especially insidious is the misuse of longevity statistics in turning the difficulties experienced through a natural course of life, such as aging and osteoporosis, into illnesses. He argues that unfounded assertions and flagrant marketing have led to the medicalization of everyday life and he offers practical solutions on such topics as aging, obesity, adult onset diabetes, and back problems. In The Last Well Person Hadler addresses the tough questions about our health care, cutting through the medical white noise.
About the author
Nortin M. Hadler is professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and attending rheumatologist, University of North Carolina Hospitals.