Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity / Matthew Minson, MD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minson, Matthew, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--United States--Conduct of life.

Older people.

Older people--United States--Economic conditions.

Older people--Medical care--United States.

Older people--United States--Life skills guides.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author of Prepare to Defend Yourself... How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life is back. This time Matthew Minson, MD, turns a penetrating and whimsical eye on the medical and social aspects of aging in Prepare to Defend Yourself...How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity . While seeming to simultaneously channel a combination of Benjamin Franklin and Charles Schulz, Dr. Minson goes after bodily changes, behaviors--good and bad, and what everyone can do to make life more bearable and--dare we say it--fun after fifty. Laced with his unique style of poignancy and humor and peppered with his own surrealistically funny cartoons, the book bravely takes on health, finances, sex, diet, exercise, death, the law, and what you can do to protect what matters most as you age. It's life, liberty, and the pursuit of a chuckle in this groundbreaking book that just might make you look forward to your golden years. For anyone of any age who plans on aging with their dignity intact, this is the book for you.

Contents:

Life

Biology and genetics: why the gene pool needs a lifeguard!

Behavior: I am a jelly donut!

Your physical environment: the big toxic elephant in the room

The social and psychological environment: I think, therefore my head hurts

Access to health care: how to get a backstage pass

Liberty

Financial resources-health: why sea monkeys are a bad long-term investment strategy

Financial resources-living expenses: why HAZMAT incidents are a lot like consumer advocacy

Abuse and self-protection: keeping your guard up

The pursuit of happiness

Sex and sexuality: the schoolhouse rock segment that never was

End of life: I am not counting on a sequel.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-413-3

OCLC:

948248368