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By Luisa Margolies. 339 pp. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 2004. $66.50 (cloth); $22.95 (paper). ISBN 1-59213-237-5 (cloth); 1-59213-238-3 (paper).

American medicine increasingly reflects the face of elder care. The proportion of the population over the age of 65 increased throughout the 20th century, and it will increase markedly over the next two decades. Geriatric patients are the largest group of health care consumers, and they use an ever increasing portion of the care provided in emergency rooms, operating rooms, intensive care units, and rehabilitation centers. My Mother's Hip, by Luisa Margolies, provides a description of elder care akin to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes," with great monetary expenditure doing little to cloak our patients' naked . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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