03571nam 22007814a 450 991081552720332120200520144314.01-282-86293-697866128629390-7735-7225-210.1515/9780773572256(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 how to stay well despite the health-care system /Nortin M. Hadler1st ed.Montreal ;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 a l'egard de la santeHabitudes sanitairesSoins medicauxUtilisationHealth attitudes.Health behavior.Medical careUtilization.Attitudes a l'egard de la sante.Habitudes sanitaires.Soins medicauxUtilisation.362.1Hadler Nortin M883200MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815527203321The last well person3970845UNINA