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Autore |
Gillick Muriel R. <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Old and Sick in America : The Journey through the Health Care System / / Muriel R. Gillick |
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Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , [2017] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2018 |
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©[2017] |
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979-88-908501-5-7 |
979-88-908501-6-4 |
1-4696-3525-9 |
1-4696-3526-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Studies in social medicine |
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Disciplina |
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362.1084/6 |
362.1989700973 |
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Soggetti |
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Medical care, Cost of - United States |
Older people - Long-term care - United States |
Medicare |
Older people - Health and hygiene - United States |
Older people - Medical care - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The office -- Going to the doctor -- The lay of the land -- From the outside in -- The march of time, 1965-2015 -- The hospital -- Entering the palace of technology -- The varieties of hospital experience -- The hospital through other eyes -- The transformation of the American hospital, 1965-2015 -- The skilled nursing facility -- Going to rehab -- Different SNFs, different miffs -- Movers and shapers -- Now and then. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the American health care system has steadily grown in size and complexity. Muriel R. Gillick takes readers on a narrative tour of American health care, incorporating the stories of older patients as they travel from the office to the hospital to the skilled nursing facility, and examining the |
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