Aging and health care : social science and policy perspectives
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Aging and health care : social science and policy perspectives
（Contemporary issues in health, medicine, and social policy）
Routledge, 1989
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780415017169
Description
Drawing on some of the best social and behavioural research, "Aging and Health Care" aims to define and suggest possible solutions to the problems connected with health care for older people. This book should be of interest to teachers and students of gerontology, health administration and policy, medicine, nursing and medical sociology.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Health Care for an Ageing Society Marcia Ory and Kathleen Bond Part 1: Epidemiology and Health Care: Background Perspective 2. Is there a Role for Prevention Among the Elderly? Epidemiologic Evidence from the Almeda County Study George E. Kaplan and Mary N. Haan 3. The Behavioral Model of Health Care Utilization by Older People Thomas T. H. Wan Part 2: Older People and Formal Health Care Systems 4. The Consistency of Formal Health Care Utilization: Physician and Hospital Utilization Jana M. Mossey, Betty Havens and Fredric D. Wolinsky 5. The Role of the Hospital in the care of Older Persons Carl Eisdorfer, Ross Mullner and Donna Cohen 6. Social and Behavioral Aspects of Institutional Care Linda K. George and George L. Maddox Part 3: Older People and Informal Health Care Systems 7. Informal Care for Frail Old Persons Sharon Tennstedt and John B. McKinlay 8. Interventions with Caregivers of Frail Elderly Persons Dolores Gallagher, Stephen Lovett and Antoinette Zeiss Part 4: Linkages Between Formal and Informal Care 9. The Balance Between Formal and Informal Care Beth J. Soldo and Emily M. Agree 10. Transitions in Long Term Care Robert L. Kane and Rosalie Kane Epilogue: 11. Future Challenges in Health Care for an Ageing Population David Mechanic.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415017176
Description
Aims to define the problem of health care for older people and suggest possible solutions. Explores the health care needs of aging people and the current health care and support systems. This book should be of interest to teachers and students of gerontology, health administration and policy, medicine, nursing and medical sociology.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Health Care for an Ageing Society Marcia Ory and Kathleen Bond Part 1: Epidemiology and Health Care: Background Perspectives 2. Is there a Role for Prevention Among the Elderly? Epidemiologic Evidence from the Almeda County Study George E. Kaplan and Mary N. Haan 3. The Behavioral Model of Health Care Utilization by Older People Thomas T. H. Wan Part 2: Older People and Formal Health Care Systems 4. The Consistency of Formal Health Care Utilization: Physician and Hospital Utilization Jana M. Mossey, Betty Havens and Fredric D. Wolinsky 5. The Role of the Hospital in the care of Older Persons Carl Eisdorfer, Ross Mullner and Donna Cohen 6. Social and Behavioral Aspects of Institutional Care Linda K. George and George L. Maddox Part 3: Older People and Informal Health Care Systems 7. Informal Care for Frail Old Persons Sharon Tennstedt and John B. McKinlay 8. Interventions with Caregivers of Frail Elderly Persons Dolores Gallagher, Stephen Lovett and Antoinette Zeiss Part 4: Linkages Between Formal and Informal Care 9. The Balance Between Formal and Informal Care Beth J. Soldo and Emily M. Agree 10. Transitions in Long Term Care Robert L. Kane and Rosalie Kane Epilogue: 11. Future Challenges in Health Care for an Ageing Population David Mechanic.
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