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Defying decrepitude : a personal memoir / Alan Peacock ; with an introduction by Lord Sutherland; Illustrations by Elizabeth Le Drew.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peacock, Alan T., 1922-2014, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pensions.
- Postemployment benefits.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (68 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : University of Buckingham Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- One of our most distinguished economists, Sir Alan Peacock, also happens to be a nonagenarian.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- The Author
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction by Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
- Chapter 1: Your life to come The costs and benefits of lengthening the lifespan
- Chapter 2: Living beyond one's allotted span The scene is set by the visit of a seventy (plus)-year-old to a medical practice
- Chapter 3: The perils of preservation uncovered. Coming to terms with 'healthspeak' in recommended clinical appointments
- Chapter 4: The questionnaire disease 'There has to be change for things to remain the same': inmates ask the same questions and the answers are often distressingly familiar
- the mixed legacy of Florence Nightingale
- Chapter 5: Journey's beginning Decrepitude and plans for retirement
- Chapter 6: The dark shadow of decrepitude Facing the fact that the 'old engine' (the human body) needs a series of major repairs as well as fine-tuning
- Chapter 7: How was it in your day, Dad? The recognition that the old help to satisfy the intense curiosity in the past of the young
- Chapter 8: 'The strife is o'er ... the battle lost' The travails of loss of physical independence
- how the old may and do help the aged
- Chapter 9: Defiance gives way to resignation Decrepitude and bereavement
- Epilogue: The changing relationship between doctor and patient
- Endnotes.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-78955-998-7
- OCLC:
- 1108521583
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