Chronic Diseases and Health Care: New Trends in Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, Low Back Pain, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer (Paperback)

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.