Sick to death and not going to take it anymore! : reforming health care for the last years of life /

Lynn, Joanne, 1951-

Sick to death and not going to take it anymore! : reforming health care for the last years of life / Joanne Lynn. - Berkeley, Calif. : New York : University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund, c2004. - xii, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 10 . - California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 10. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-189) and index.

Just the facts: serious chronic disease in the last phase of life -- Seeing the world differently: ideas to shape reform -- Good care for some people, sometimes -- Surveying the terrain: opportunities and challenges -- Good care for us all: building the care system to count on.

0520243005 (cloth : alk. paper)

2004010910

101216615 DNLM


Older people--Medical care--United States.
Older people--Long-term care--United States.
Chronically ill--Medical care--United States.
Terminal care--United States.
Health care reform--United States.
Chronic Disease--Aged--United States.
Terminal care--Aged--United States.
Health Services for the Aged--United States.
Long-Term Care--Aged--United States.

RA564.8 / .L973 2004