Public Health and Aging : An Introduction to Maximizing Function and Well-Being
Steven M. Albert
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Springer Publishing Company, , 2003.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (304 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Between Clinical Geriatrics and the Epidemiology of Aging-Defining Public Health and Aging; 2 A Public Health Framework for Thinking about Aging; 3 Public Health and the Demography of Aging; 4 Mortality; 5 Physical Function: Disability; 6 Cognitive Function: Dementia; 7 Affective Function: Suffering, Neglect, Isolation; 8 Aging, Public Health, and Application of the Quality of Life Paradigm; 9 Emerging Applications of the Aging and Public Health Paradigm; References; Index. - Designated a Doody's Core Title!. Public health and aging is a developing field, standing between clinical geriatrics and the demography and epidemiology of aging. It has heretofore lacked a unified treatment or single framework. this text provides such a framework and offers a first synthesis of a burgeoning literature in geriatrics, gerontology, occupational therapy, epidemiology, demography, neuropsychology, rehabilitation medicine, social work, and public policy. Key concepts and tools that define the field of public health and aging such as cohort analysis, the lifetable, age-sex pyramids
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| Emner | Community health services for older people
Older people - Medical care Preventive health services for older people Public health Vis mer... Adult
Age Groups Aged Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Chronic Disease Community Health Services Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders Delivery of Health Care Disciplines and Occupations Disease Attributes Diseases Environment and Public Health Growth and Development Health Health Care Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Health Occupations Health Planning Health Services Health Services Needs and Demand Health Services Research Health Services for the Aged Humanities Life Medicine Mental Disorders Named Groups Nervous System Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Persons Phenomena and Processes Philosophy Physiological Phenomena Physiological Processes Population Characteristics Preventive Medicine Psychiatry and Psychology Public Health Quality of Life Social Sciences Affective function Aging Aldring Community Care Dementia Folkehelse Forebyggende helsearbeid Helsepolitikk Mortality Physical Disability Preventive Health Services Public health aspects Aged Public Health Health & Biological Sciences helsetjenester eldre kommunale medisinsk pleie folkehelse |
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| ISBN | 0826121349
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