{"product_id":"sick-to-death-and-not-joanne-lynn-9780520243002","title":"Sick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore!: Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life","description":"Just a few generations ago, serious illness, like hazardous weather, arrived with little warning, and people either lived through it or died. In this important, convincing, and long-overdue call for health care reform, Joanne Lynn demonstrates that our current health system, like our concepts of health and disease, developed at a time when life was mostly short, serious illnesses and disabilities were common at every age, and dying was quick. Today, most Americans live a long life, with the disabilities and discomforts of progressive chronic illness appearing only during the final chapters of their life stories. \u003ci\u003eSick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore! \u003c\/i\u003emaintains that health care and community services are not set up to meet the needs of the large number of people who face a prolonged period of progressive illness and disability before death. Lynn offers what she calls an \"owner's manual for the health care system,\" which lays out facts, concepts, strategies, and action plans for genuine reform and gives the reader new ways to interpret information creatively, imagine innovative possibilities, and take steps to implement them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Lynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520243005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520243002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.36w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2005 pg. 1432","brand":"Joanne Lynn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064997490943,"sku":"9780520243002","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72e30c45-5f79-4a28-abeb-d5373f08062d.jpg?v=1768672453","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sick-to-death-and-not-joanne-lynn-9780520243002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}