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
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 hu
