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Ageing Well : Quality of Life in Old Age
Ann Bowling
Paperback - $88.30
What is quality of life? What is quality of life in older age? How can quality of life in older age be improved? This book explores concepts of quality of life in older age in the theoretical literature and presents the views of a national sample of...
Gerotechnology : Research and Practice in Technology and Aging
David C. Burdick
Hardcover - $79.90
Two "megatrends" of modern culture are rapid population aging and the inexorable advances in various technologies encountered by the population at large. This comprehensive volume explores the intersections of technology with aging and serves as...
Reichel's Care of the Elderly : Clinical Aspects of Aging
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Hardcover - $123.40
Now in its Fifth Edition, Reichel's Care of the Elderly continues to provide comprehensive, clinical approaches to the whole geriatric patient, geared specifically to the family practitioner. New topics covered in this edition include behavioral disturbances...
Why Survive? : Being Old in America
Robert N. Butler
Paperback - $35.10
"Butler questions the value of long life for its own sake; modern medicine, he says, has ironically created 'a huge group of people for whom survival is possible but satisfaction in living elusive.' He proposes sweeping policy reforms to redefine and...
Geriatric Otolaryngology
Karen H. Calhoun
Hardcover - $332.70
Opening with a clear overview of the biology and demographics of aging, this text authoritatively summarizes the most recent knowledge on disorders of the ears, nose, paranasal sinuses, oral cavity, larynx, voice, throat, and neck in the geriatric population....
New Ways to Care for Older People : Building Systems Based on Evidence
Evan Calkins
Paperback - $66.50
This book conveys the good news: there is considerable evidence that practitioners themselves can design more effective systems of care for older people, often at lower costs. The researchers here point the way ahead: "evidence-based" interventions;...