LEADER 03590nam 22007694a 450 001 9910815527203321 005 20230912162839.0 010 $a1-282-86293-6 010 $a9786612862939 010 $a0-7735-7225-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773572256 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244946 035 $a(OCoLC)824197003 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119796 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281293 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11221684 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281293 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10301253 035 $a(PQKB)10950737 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400247 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521510 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330636 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132817 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286293 035 $a(OCoLC)929120720 035 $a(DE-B1597)655225 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773572256 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/g7zfjd 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243456 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244946 100 $a20050322d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe last well person$b[electronic resource] $ehow to stay well despite the health-care system /$fNortin M. Hadler 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (324 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-2795-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-299) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrologue -- $tThe Methuselah Complex -- $tInterventional Cardiology and Kindred Delusions -- $tFats, Fads, and Fate -- $tYou and Your Colon -- $tBreast Cancer and How the Women?s Movement Got It Wrong -- $tProstate Envy -- $tWorried Sick -- $tMusculoskeletal Predicaments -- $tMedicalization of the ?Worried Well? -- $tTurning Aging into a Disease -- $tHealth Hazards in the Hateful Job -- $tWhy Are Alternative and Complementary Therapies Thriving? -- $tEpilogue: A Ripe Old Age -- $tAnnotated Readings -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aHadler 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. 606 $aHealth attitudes 606 $aHealth behavior 606 $aMedical care$xUtilization 606 $aAttitudes a? l'e?gard de la sante? 606 $aHabitudes sanitaires 606 $aSoins me?dicaux$xUtilisation 615 0$aHealth attitudes. 615 0$aHealth behavior. 615 0$aMedical care$xUtilization. 615 6$aAttitudes a? l'e?gard de la sante?. 615 6$aHabitudes sanitaires. 615 6$aSoins me?dicaux$xUtilisation. 676 $a362.1 700 $aHadler$b Nortin M$0883200 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815527203321 996 $aThe last well person$93970845 997 $aUNINA