BEST CONSUMER HEALTH BOOKS OF 2007

摘要

Strategies to fix America's ailing health-care system seemed to fly off the presses every month in 2007. Doctors, journalists, and policymakers clamored to have their say, as did supporters and opponents of the controversial life-extension movement. These top trends, which registered in 2006 as well and will only balloon in this election year, correspond to a complicated reality: aging baby boomers seek the fountain of youth while facing inadequate or nonexistent health insurance in the near future; their parents, in turn, may have to choose between obtaining necessary medical care and paying the rent or buying groceries.