The denial of aging
Subtitle: perpetual youth, eternal life, and other dangerous fantasies
By: Muriel R. Gillick.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Old age -- United States.; Old age -- United States -- Planning.; Older people -- United States.; Aging -- United States.; Retirement -- United States.
Description: With passion and compassion, Gillick chronicles the stories of elders who have struggled with housing options, with medical care decisions, and with finding meaning in life. Skillfully incorporating insights from medicine, health policy, and economics, she lays out action plans for individuals and for communities.--[book jacket].