Description |
342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Foreword - Judith A Levy -- Introduction - Sidney M Stahl -- The Legacy of Aging -- Section One -- Conceptualizing And Measuring The Health Of Older Persons -- Old Equals Sick - Sidney M Stahl and Jacquelyn Rupp Feller -- An Ontogenetic Fallacy -- Assessing the Physical and Mental Health of the Elderly - Jersey Liang and Nancy A Whitelaw -- The Iceberg of Disability - Lois M Verbrugge -- Section Two -- Social Factors In Who Gets Sick -- The Relative Contributions of Gender, Social Class and Advancing Age to Health - Charles F Longino Jr -- Old Age Health Problems and Long-Term Care Policy Issues - Jeffrey Michael Clair -- The Distribution of Distress by Age and Gender - Marjorie Chary Feinson -- Examining Data from Community Surveys -- Changes in Health Functioning and Mortality - Kenneth G Manton and Eric Stallard -- Section Three -- The Use Of Services -- Health Beliefs, Attitudes and Behavior of Older Persons - Michael A Counte and Gerald L Glandon -- An Analysis of Advances in Research and Future Directions -- Predicting Nursing Home Utilization - Karl D Kosloski, Rhonda J V Montgomery and Edgar F Borgatta -- Is This The Best We Can Do? -- The Relationship Between Formal and Informal Health Care Services for the Elderly - William J McAuley, Shirley S Travis and Marcia Safewright -- Autonomy in Health Care for Elders - Debra David -- Section Four -- The Organization And Financing Of Health Care Services -- Health Needs and Services for Older Adults - Kenneth F Ferraro and Thomas T H Wan -- Evaluating Polices for an Aging Society -- The Dilemma of Poverty Based Long-Term Care - Madonna Harrington Meyer and Jill Quadagno -- Section Five -- The Interaction Of System With Individual -- Health Care Provider Choice and Satisfaction - Russell A Ward -- Physician-Elderly Patient Communication - Mary Ann Cook, Rodney M Coe and Kristin Hanson -- Processes and Outcomes of Medical Encounters -- Transition to the Status of Family Caregiver - J Jill Suitor and Karl Pillemer -- A New Framework for Studying Social Support and Well-Being -- The Caregiver Role - Michael Glasser, Susan Rubin and Mary Dickover -- Review of Family Caregiver-Physician Relations and Dementing Disorders |
Analysis |
Old persons Health |
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Geriatrics |
Notes |
"... collaborative project of the Midwest Council for Social Research on [sic] Aging"--Foreword |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Issuing Body |
"... collaborative project of the Midwest Council for Social Research on [sic] Aging"--Foreword |
Subject |
Older people -- Health and hygiene.
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Aged.
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Health Services for the Aged.
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Longevity.
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SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
Author |
Stahl, Sidney M.
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Midwest Council for Social Research in Aging.
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LC no. |
90038946 |
ISBN |
0803940017 |
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0803940025 (paperback) |
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