This straightforward volume examines today's health care picture in human and financial terms, focusing on the three leading causes of death in America-cardiovascular disease/stroke, diabetes, and cancer-and four debilitating conditions that confound both patients and professionals-arthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, and low back pain. Morewitz applies current figures and expert future projections to the often-vague concepts of chronically ill patients and associated spiraling costs of care. Composite case studies put a needed human face on these growing populations and their needs. | Chronic Diseases and Health Care by Stephen J. Morewitz, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters