Ageing : the facts
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Ageing : the facts
（Oxford medical publications）
Oxford University Press, 1992
2nd ed
- pbk.
- hbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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pbk. ISBN 9780192621498
Description
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.
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hbk. ISBN 9780192621504
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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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