"Aging and Chronic Disease focuses on the most prevalent conditions affecting older adults (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, low back pain, and fibromyalgia). This book is a major resource for clinicians and students in primary care, gerontology, nursing, rehabilitation, epidemiology, public health, and mental health. Public health administrators and policymakers should find important insights here as well."--BOOK JACKET.
Record details
ISBN:9780387708560 (hbk.) :
ISBN:0387708561 (hbk.) :
Physical Description:print xiv, 235 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher:New York ; London : Springer, 2007.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-206) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Chronic disorders in an aging population : epidemiology -- 2. Elders and health care utilization and costs -- 3. Chronic disease and quality of life in older adults -- 4. Psychological problems in the elderly -- 5. Cognitive changes in older adults -- 6. Seniors with diabetes mellitus -- 7. Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, and low back pain in older adults -- 8. Cardiovascular disease in the elderly -- 9. Seniors with cancer.
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