Healthcare for an aging population : meeting the challenge /: meeting the challenge. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jennifer R. Jamison.
• Other Names: Jamison, Jennifer R
• Contents: SECTION 1 THE AGING PROCESS; 1. Delaying aging: the free radical hypothesis; 2. Managing stress: a longevity strategy?; 3. Medication: a two-edged sword; 4. Functional decline: triggering social isolation; 5. Falls: reducing the risk; 6. Menopause: meeting the challenge; 7. Insomnia: reality or perception?; 8. Osteoporosis: skeletal failure; 9. Wavering immunity; 10. Fatigue: faltering energy; 11. Pain: retirement’s killjoy; SECTION 2 PATHOLOGIES PREVALENT IN OLD AGE; 12. Obesity; 13. Osteoarthritis; 14. Diabetes mellitus; 15. Hypertension; 16. Coronary heart disease; 17. Leg ulcers; 18. Depression; 19. Dementia; 20. Prostate disease; 21. Gastro-intestinal problems; 22. Chronic pulmonary disease; 23. Cancer
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 335 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 613/.0438; Older people -- Health and hygiene; Middle-aged persons -- Health and hygiene; Health Services for the Aged; Aged; Aging -- physiology; Geriatric Assessment; Geriatrics -- methods; Health Education; Middle Aged; Personnes âgées -- Santé et hygiène; Personnes d'âge moyen -- Santé et hygiène; Condition physique des personnes âgées; Personnes âgées -- Attitudes; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine; Middle aged persons -- Health and hygiene; Older people -- Health and hygiene; Gerontologie; Geriatrie; Gezondheidszorg; Practice Guideline; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702035012; 0702035017
• Related ISBNs: 9780702035012; 0702035017
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.