Ageing

Nicholas Coni (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

207 Seiten

1992 | 2nd ed.
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262149-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Populations are ageing throughout the world, but particularly in European countries and the USA, and this has far-reaching effects. The second edition of "Ageing: the facts" has been rewritten to take account of the political and demographic changes and advances in medical knowledge since the first edition was published. The bbook is a source of information for lay and professional readers on the physical, mental and sociological aspects of ageing. It is also a practical manual for coping with the problems and pleasures of growing old, and gives advice to those who care for older people.

Inhalt

The world grows grey; the benefits of an ageing society; retirement - the opportunity of age; living arrangements; physical disability; servicing an ageing society; the biology of ageing; normal ageing; the body's chemical and physical composition; the ageing brain; age-related psychological problems; stroke, Parkinson's disease and motor neurone disease; mobility; nutrition and digestion; the bladder and its control; heart, blood vessels and lungs; eyes, ears, teeth, skin and feet; cancer; medicines; caring for an infirm elderly person at home; death; bereavement.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.6.1992
• Co-Autor: William Davison, Stephen Webster
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-19-262149-1 / 0192621491
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-262149-8 / 9780192621498
• Zustand: Neuware