Research and the ageing population
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Research and the ageing population
（Ciba Foundation symposium, 134）
Wiley, 1988
Available at 13 libraries
Note
Editors: David Evered (organizer) and Julie Whelan
"Symposium on Research and the Ageing Population, held at the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 28-30 April 1987"--Contents p
"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The steadily growing numbers of old and very old people are posing new problems for the health services of all countries. This international symposium attempts to assess the contribution that biomedical research can make to the provision of proper health care for the elderly, both in industrialized and in developing societies.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents: The Health of the Elderly Population: Results from Longitudinal Studies with Age-Cohort Comparisons (A. Svanborg). Health and Ageing in the Developing World (G. Andrews). Aging and Disease (J. Evans). Alzheimer's Disease as an Age-Dependent Disorder (R. Katzman). Questions in the Psychiatry of Old Age (T. Arie). Cardiovascular Disease and the Elderly (N. Wenger). Osteoporosis and Age-Related Fracture Syndromes (B. Riggs & L. Melton). Aging and Infection (J. Phair, et al.). The Nature and Causes of Aging (T. Kirkwood). Changing Health Needs of the Aging Population (J. Brody). Planning for Health Services for the Elderly (C. Hollander & H. Becker). Costs of Long-Term Care: Distribution and Responsibility (S. Wallack & M. Cohen). Summing-Up (T. Williams). Index of Contributors. Subject Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"