The cancer generation
Subtitle: baby boomers facing a perfect storm
By: John Geyman.
Publisher: Common Courage Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Monroe, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781567513981
Subjects: Cancer -- United States; Baby boom generation -- Medical care -- United States; Neoplasms -- therapy -- United States; Age Factors -- United States; Delivery of Health Care -- economics -- United States; Delivery of Health Care -- trends -- United States; Health Care Reform -- United States; Health Services Accessibility -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cancer : how big a problem, and are we winning?; title: New technologies : a balancing act between benefits and harms; title: Cancer care : priceless, but can we afford it?; title: Prerequisites for availability of effective cancer care; title: Lack of access harms and kills; title: Do we have the best cancer care in the world?; title: Major challenges to meet 21st century needs for cancer care; title: In sickness and in wealth : how distorted markets build wealth for the few and jeopardize health for many; title: Financing cancer care : what are the options?; title: Myths and lies as barriers to health care reform; title: A way to win : an eight-point plan based on national health insurance; title: Afterword the torch is in your hands : a cross-generational message to baby boomers.