Ageing : the facts

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Ageing : the facts

Nicholas Coni, William Davison, Stephen Webster

(Oxford medical publications)

Oxford University Press, 1992

2nd ed

  • pbk.
  • hbk.

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

pbk. ISBN 9780192621498

内容説明

Populations are ageing throughout the world, but particularly in European countries and the USA, and this has far-reaching effects. The second edition of "Ageing: the facts" has been rewritten to take account of the political and demographic changes and advances in medical knowledge since the first edition was published. The bbook is a source of information for lay and professional readers on the physical, mental and sociological aspects of ageing. It is also a practical manual for coping with the problems and pleasures of growing old, and gives advice to those who care for older people.
巻冊次

hbk. ISBN 9780192621504

内容説明

Populations are ageing throughout the world, but particularly in European countries and the USA, and this has far-reaching effects. The second edition of "Ageing: the facts" has been rewritten to take account of the political and demographic changes and advances in medical knowledge since the first edition was published. The bbook is a source of information for lay and professional readers on the physical, mental and sociological aspects of ageing. It is also a practical manual for coping with the problems and pleasures of growing old, and gives advice to those who care for older people.

目次

  • The world grows grey
  • the benefits of an ageing society
  • retirement - the opportunity of age
  • living arrangements
  • physical disability
  • servicing an ageing society
  • the biology of ageing
  • normal ageing
  • the body's chemical and physical composition
  • the ageing brain
  • age-related psychological problems
  • stroke, Parkinson's disease and motor neurone disease
  • mobility
  • nutrition and digestion
  • the bladder and its control
  • heart, blood vessels and lungs
  • eyes, ears, teeth, skin and feet
  • cancer
  • medicines
  • caring for an infirm elderly person at home
  • death
  • bereavement.

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