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By Malvin Schechter with Irma Schechter. 159 pp. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1993. $34.95. ISBN 1-55542-583-6.

Beyond Medicare proves that we need a new policy for long-term care. Malvin Schechter describes how this care should be prescribed, delivered, managed, and financed. By the year 2011, the current middle-aged population will have reached the age of 65 or over, and many more people will live into their 80s than currently. We will care for a higher percentage of frail and disabled patients; community-based services will surge.

The Schechters contend that long-term care is not a privilege but a right. They believe that society must fund such care and that each patient deserves an assessment that takes into . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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