03692nam 2200697Ia 450 991081131500332120200520144314.00-520-93142-41-4175-4079-610.1525/9780520931428(CKB)1000000000007279(EBL)224580(OCoLC)56607531(SSID)ssj0000245732(PQKBManifestationID)11210452(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245732(PQKBWorkID)10177745(PQKB)10318961(MiAaPQ)EBC224580(DE-B1597)539737(DE-B1597)9780520931428(Au-PeEL)EBL224580(CaPaEBR)ebr10064723(EXLCZ)99100000000000727920040510d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSick to death and not going to take it anymore! reforming health care for the last years of life /Joanne Lynn1st ed.Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press20041 online resource (219 p.)California/Milbank books on health and the public ;10Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24300-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Just the facts: serious chronic disease in the last phase of life -- Seeing the world differently: ideas to shape reform -- Good care for some people, sometimes -- Surveying the terrain: opportunities and challenges -- Good care for us all: building the care system to count on.Just a few generations ago, serious illness, like hazardous weather, arrived with little warning, and people either lived through it or died. In this important, convincing, and long-overdue call for health care reform, Joanne Lynn demonstrates that our current health system, like our concepts of health and disease, developed at a time when life was mostly short, serious illnesses and disabilities were common at every age, and dying was quick. Today, most Americans live a long life, with the disabilities and discomforts of progressive chronic illness appearing only during the final chapters of their life stories. Sick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore! maintains that health care and community services are not set up to meet the needs of the large number of people who face a prolonged period of progressive illness and disability before death. Lynn offers what she calls an "owner's manual for the health care system," which lays out facts, concepts, strategies, and action plans for genuine reform and gives the reader new ways to interpret information creatively, imagine innovative possibilities, and take steps to implement them.California/Milbank books on health and the public ;10.Older peopleMedical careUnited StatesOlder peopleLong-term careUnited StatesChronically illMedical careUnited StatesTerminal careUnited StatesHealth care reformUnited StatesOlder peopleMedical careOlder peopleLong-term careChronically illMedical careTerminal careHealth care reform362.198/97/00973Lynn Joanne1951-1351560Milbank Memorial Fund.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811315003321Sick to death and not going to take it anymore4028347UNINA