Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
[6], 117, [23] p. ; 21 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [127-140]). |
Contents |
From yellow pages to health care carousel / William L. Minnix, Jr. -- Overview -- Health populism and colliding megatrends -- Aging and multigenerational complexity -- Lifespan management and the leadership of women -- A focus on the home -- Evolution of the patient-physician relationship -- Managing chronic disease in the home -- Long distance caregiving -- New entrants in health care -- Lifespan planning records -- Making a health plan and sticking to it -- Bringing health education into the home -- Equity and justice -- Investing wisely in health -- Managing end-of-life care -- The best place to die -- Predictions for 2015 -- From mainframe to personal healthcare, with urgency / Eric Dishman. |
Summary |
Deciphers the intersecting megatrends of aging, consumerism, and the Internet, leading those paths to a single common destination--the home. By focusing on the home, the "ethical playing field" in health care is leveled--new information technology can be made available to all in equal doses, connecting family members to each other and to their caregivers through the use of new decision-making and planning tools that allow patients to get ahead of the "disease curve." |
Subject |
Care of the sick.
|
|
Critically ill -- Home care -- United States.
|
|
Home nursing -- United States.
|
|
Home care services -- United States.
|
|
Disease management -- United States.
|
|
Physician and patient -- United States.
|
|
Nursing Care. |
|
Critical Care -- United States. |
|
Home Nursing -- United States. |
|
Physician-Patient Relations -- United States. |
|
Home Care Services -- United States. |
Added Author |
Minnix, William L.
|
|
Dishman, Eric.
|
ISBN |
1889793221 (pbk.) |
|
9781889793221 (pbk.) |
|