Man Against Mortality
Author | : Dean Francis Juniper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
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Author | : Dean Francis Juniper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stanley Keleman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780394487878 |
"This book is about dying, not about death. We are always dying a big, always giving things up, always having things taken away. Is there a person alive who isn't really curious about what dying is for them? Is there a person alive who wouldn't like to go to their dying full of excitement, without fear and without morbidity? This books tells you how." -- Front cover.
Author | : National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
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ISBN | : 9780309684736 |
Author | : Paul De Kruif |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Medicine |
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Author | : Edward Buckler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1649 |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2011-02-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309157331 |
In 1950 men and women in the United States had a combined life expectancy of 68.9 years, the 12th highest life expectancy at birth in the world. Today, life expectancy is up to 79.2 years, yet the country is now 28th on the list, behind the United Kingdom, Korea, Canada, and France, among others. The United States does have higher rates of infant mortality and violent deaths than in other developed countries, but these factors do not fully account for the country's relatively poor ranking in life expectancy. International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources examines patterns in international differences in life expectancy above age 50 and assesses the evidence and arguments that have been advanced to explain the poor position of the United States relative to other countries. The papers in this deeply researched volume identify gaps in measurement, data, theory, and research design and pinpoint areas for future high-priority research in this area. In addition to examining the differences in mortality around the world, the papers in International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages look at health factors and life-style choices commonly believed to contribute to the observed international differences in life expectancy. They also identify strategic opportunities for health-related interventions. This book offers a wide variety of disciplinary and scholarly perspectives to the study of mortality, and it offers in-depth analyses that can serve health professionals, policy makers, statisticians, and researchers.
Author | : Anne Case |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0691217068 |
A New York Times Bestseller A Wall Street Journal Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year A New Statesman Book to Read From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class Deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of American lives. Anne Case and Angus Deaton explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. Case and Deaton tie the crisis to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and a rapacious health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. This critically important book paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline, and provides solutions that can rein in capitalism's excesses and make it work for everyone.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 713 |
Release | : 2003-02-09 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309084377 |
The death of a child is a special sorrow. No matter the circumstances, a child's death is a life-altering experience. Except for the child who dies suddenly and without forewarning, physicians, nurses, and other medical personnel usually play a central role in the lives of children who die and their families. At best, these professionals will exemplify "medicine with a heart." At worst, families' encounters with the health care system will leave them with enduring painful memories, anger, and regrets. When Children Die examines what we know about the needs of these children and their families, the extent to which such needs areâ€"and are notâ€"being met, and what can be done to provide more competent, compassionate, and consistent care. The book offers recommendations for involving child patients in treatment decisions, communicating with parents, strengthening the organization and delivery of services, developing support programs for bereaved families, improving public and private insurance, training health professionals, and more. It argues that taking these steps will improve the care of children who survive as well as those who do notâ€"and will likewise help all families who suffer with their seriously ill or injured child. Featuring illustrative case histories, the book discusses patterns of childhood death and explores the basic elements of physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical care for children and families experiencing a child's life-threatening illness or injury.
Author | : Christopher Hitchens |
Publisher | : Atlantic Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2012-08-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0857897659 |
The world's greatest contrarian confronts his own death in this brave and unforgettable book. During the American book tour for his memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens collapsed in his hotel room with excruciating pain in his chest. As he would later write in the first of a series of deeply moving Vanity Fair pieces, he was being deported 'from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of malady.' Over the next year he experienced the full force of modern cancer treatment. Mortality is at once an unsparingly honest account of the ravages of his disease, an examination of cancer etiquette, and the coda to a lifetime of fierce debate and peerless prose. In this moving personal account of illness, Hitchens confronts his own death - and he is combative and dignified, eloquent and witty to the very last.
Author | : Richard Smyth (preacher in Barnstaple, Devonshire.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1612 |
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