Health Care for an Ageing Population E-Book (eBook)

Meeting the Challenge

Jennifer R. Jamison (Autor)

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2006 | 1. Auflage
344 Seiten
Elsevier Health Sciences (Verlag)
978-0-7020-3501-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It focuses on the conditions and health challenges likely to be encountered in persons of 45 and older. It provides a comprehensive management approach that draws on conventional and complementary medicine and offers patient information sheets that can be readily distributed to the patient by busy practitioners.

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.12.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Altenpflege
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7020-3501-7 / 0702035017
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-3501-2 / 9780702035012