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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Aging in good health. New York : Springer Pub., c2001 (OCoLC)606478039 Online version: Aging in good health. New York : Springer Pub., c2001 (OCoLC)607823087 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sue Levkoff; Yeon Kyung Chee; Shohei Noguchi |
| ISBN: | 0826113664 9780826113665 |
| OCLC Number: | 43936701 |
| Description: | xiii, 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Psychological understandings of aging. Stressful life events and late adulthood adaptation -- The significance of life review in old age -- Spirituality in later life -- Emotional health and socioeconomic stress -- The role of music therapy in successful aging -- Family dynamics and the flow of caregiving. Sociological understandings of aging. Women's issues in aging -- Understanding and planning for retirement -- Issues in rural aging -- Elder abuse. Biomedical understandings of aging. Medication use in older individuals -- Nutritional issues in geriatrics -- The integration of exercise and nutrition in geriatric medicine -- Falls among elderly persons -- Geriatric rehabilitation -- The invisible epidemic : alcohol abuse and dependence in older adults. Service provision for the elderly. Patient-provider communication -- Ethical issues in the geriatric patient -- Community-based and educational services -- Maximizing the contributions of older people as volunteers. |
| Responsibility: | Sue E. Levkoff, Yeon Kyung Chee, and Shohei Noguchi, editors. |
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