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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 3, 1982
Author: Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 3, 1982
Author: Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826130984
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The second volume in this long-running series presents the usual critical and intensive review chapters divided into five sections but also addresses particular topics of special interest, including drugs and their use, and misuse, among the aged; the nonmedication orientation to treatment of various disorders; the immune system; and clinical procedures in the management of urinary incontinence. As with all the volumes, the contributors represent an international array of leading experts.
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 5, 1985
Author: M. Powell Lawton, PhDPublisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 082616515X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Now entering its second decade of publication, this landmark series draws together and critically reviews all the existing research in specific areas of nursing practice, nursing care delivery, nursing education, and the profession of nursing.
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 9, 1989
Author: M. Powell Lawton, PhDPublisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826165141
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
The physical changes and the common pathologies associated with aging are discussed, along with the psychological and social implications of such changes. The guide is for nurses, gerontologists, social workers, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists and others in the helping professions. Originally published by The Tiresias Press, Inc.
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Author: K. Warner Schaie, PhDPublisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826197582
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This volume of the ARGG is devoted to the behavioral sciences, with particular attention given to topics in experimental and applied psychology. With the rapid rate of research in this field of aging, the contributors address a number of important basic and applied topics that are underrepresented in other literature.
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 6, 1986
Author: Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826130887
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A unique multi-media teaching kit for those instructing clients, staff, and students about HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS has rapidly emerged as one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. In the absence of a cure, prevention remains a crucial strategy for reducing its impact. It is critically important to understand not only the science of the disease, but also the behavioral and sociocultural influences that both facilitate and prevent the spread of HIV.In a concise and convenient format The Complete HIV/AIDS Teaching Kit provides a multidisciplinary approach to teaching the biomedical, social, psychological, and behavioral aspects of HIV transmission, prevention and treatment--offering readers a full understanding of the disease. Helpful teaching tools like learning objectives, key medical and science terms, discussion questions, and quizzes are just a few of the resources included in the text to make counseling clients, leading group discussions, teaching students, or offering outreach in your community more accessible and effective.
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 8, 1988
Author: Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826164870
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This volume of the Annual Review focuses attention precisely on teh neglected documentation and explaination of heterogeneity of how people grow older within society. THe society of special interest is the United States in relatively recent decades, although some of the chapters include istructive comparisons with other societies.
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 21, 2001
Author: Vincent J. Cristofalo, PhDPublisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826116094
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Presenting the latest research in the biology of aging, this volume addresses important theoretical issues focusing on the basis for why humans live as long as they do. Expert authors combine three general paradigms of aging research: demographic studies, evolutionary studies, and studies of biological mechanisms. Topics explored include: Why does aging occur? Cellular aging Models in aging research Modern approaches to the mechanisms of aging The genetics of behavioral aging
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 12, 1992
Author: Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826164897
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This edition of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics brings together, in one convenient volume, the results of many of the studies supported by the Hartford Foundation. The first two chapters of this volume set the stage for the specific research reports that follow. In the first chapter, Burke, Jolson, Goetsch, and Ahronheim review current information on medication use and the adverse drug events in the elderly from two natioanl data bases: The National Disease and Therapeutic Index and the Food and Drug Administration's Spontaneous Reporting System. The second chapters present the recent work of Beers in development of explicit criteria defining inappropriate medication use in the elderly.
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Author: M. Powell LawtonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3662404559
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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