Aging, the health care challenge : an interdisciplinary approach to assessment and rehabilitative management of the elderly / [edited by] Carole Bernstein Lewis.
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TextPublisher: Philadelpha, PA : F.A. Davis, c1996Edition: Third editionDescription: xxvi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: unspecifiedISBN: 0803600429 [paperback]Subject(s): Older people -- Diseases | Older people -- Rehabilitation | Older people -- Medical careDDC classification: | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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362.19897 Ag47 1996 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000014755 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Section one: Theories and psychosocial aspects of aging -- Chapter 1: Theories of aging -- Chapter 2: Psychosocial aspects of aging -- Section two: Physical aspects of aging -- Chapter 3: Activities of daily living -- Chapter 4: The effects of aging on communication -- Chapter 5: Leisure skills -- Chapter 6: The changing realm of the senses -- Chapter 7 Musculoskeletal changes with age: Clinical implications -- Chapter 8 Clinical implications of neurologic changes during the aging process -- Chapter 9 Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation of the geriatric patient -- Chapter 10 Implications of oncology in the aged -- Chapter 11 Health promotion for the elderly -- Section three: External aspects of aging: The current status -- Chapter 12: Stress and aging -- Chapter 13: Nutritional rehabilitation and the elderly -- Chapter 14: Medication management and appropriate substance use for the elderly -- Chapter 15: Sexuality and the elderly -- Chapter 16: Working with the dying older patient -- Chapter 17: Clinical research in geriatrics -- Chapter 18: Medicare documentation: The paperwork challenge -- Chapter 19: The frail elderly and the health care environment -- Index
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