Physical : an American checkup
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Williamson Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
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ix, 255 pages ; 24 cm.
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9780374232023

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The author, a hard-living, happily married, middle-aged American, gets a three-day "executive checkup" at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality. He has to survive his own cardiovascular system, inherited habits, and genetic handicaps long enough to see his small children into adulthood. But with so much at stake, and in spite of his terror of death, he may not have the willpower to follow the Mayo clinicians' advice. The book negotiates the political and medical forks in the labyrinth of our health care system and calls for sanity and enlightenment in the stem cell research wars. It's a portrait of the looming mortality of a privileged generation that can't believe the party's winding down, if not over.--From publisher description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McManus, J. (2006). Physical: an American checkup . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McManus, James. 2006. Physical: An American Checkup. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McManus, James. Physical: An American Checkup New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McManus, James. Physical: An American Checkup Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

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