Birth to old age : health in transition
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Birth to old age : health in transition
（Health and disease series, bk. 5）
Open University Press, 2001
Full-col. 2nd ed
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 284-307
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Birth to Old Age is about our changing experiences and understanding of health throughout our lifespan. The major theme of Birth to Old Age is our movement from dependence on others during childhood to a state of interdependence in adulthood, and increasing dependency in later life. This tension between autonomy and social dependency is reflected throughout our adult life in issues such as sexuality, fertility, work and stress.
Each chapter focuses on a specific period of our lives, reviewing the major health issues of that age group - providing new and challenging insights and raising important questions;
*Are parents responsible for accidents to children?
*Is risk-taking an essential step in the transition from adolescence to adulthood?
*What is the mid-life 'crisis'?
*How does society shape the ways in which we experience death and dying?
This book will be a valuable text for students of health studies, social work, social policy, medicine, nursing and the social sciences. It will be important reading for a wide range of health professionals and carers.
Table of Contents
A life-course perspective
The changing fortunes of the life-course
The first nine months of life
Child health and development
Childhood accidents
Adolescent development and risk-taking
Sex and fertility in adulthood
Work and stress in adult life
Change and crisis in midlife
Experiencing later life
Disability in later life
Dying
Society and death
Health in transition
Abbreviations list
References and further sources, including internet sites
Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"