03590nam 22007694a 450 991078379760332120230912162839.01-282-86293-697866128629390-7735-7225-210.1515/9780773572256(CKB)1000000000244946(OCoLC)824197003(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119796(SSID)ssj0000281293(PQKBManifestationID)11221684(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281293(PQKBWorkID)10301253(PQKB)10950737(CaPaEBR)400247(CaBNvSL)gtp00521510 (Au-PeEL)EBL3330636(CaPaEBR)ebr10132817(CaONFJC)MIL286293(OCoLC)929120720(DE-B1597)655225(DE-B1597)9780773572256(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/g7zfjd(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400247(MiAaPQ)EBC3330636(MiAaPQ)EBC3243456(EXLCZ)99100000000024494620050322d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe last well person[electronic resource] how to stay well despite the health-care system /Nortin M. HadlerMontreal ;Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Pressc20041 online resource (324 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2795-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-299) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- The Methuselah Complex -- Interventional Cardiology and Kindred Delusions -- Fats, Fads, and Fate -- You and Your Colon -- Breast Cancer and How the Women’s Movement Got It Wrong -- Prostate Envy -- Worried Sick -- Musculoskeletal Predicaments -- Medicalization of the “Worried Well” -- Turning Aging into a Disease -- Health Hazards in the Hateful Job -- Why Are Alternative and Complementary Therapies Thriving? -- Epilogue: A Ripe Old Age -- Annotated Readings -- Bibliography -- IndexHadler 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.Health attitudesHealth behaviorMedical careUtilizationAttitudes à l'égard de la santéHabitudes sanitairesSoins médicauxUtilisationHealth attitudes.Health behavior.Medical careUtilization.Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.Habitudes sanitaires.Soins médicauxUtilisation.362.1Hadler Nortin M883200MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783797603321The last well person3705173UNINA