Public Health and Aging
Maximizing Function and Well-being
2nd Edition
Published on 7. December 2009
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8261-2151-6 (ISBN)
Description
How do public health policy, programs and ethics respond to the aging population? The second edition of ""Public Health and Aging"" introduces key topics central to this discussion. New chapters focus on financing preventive care, on long-term care, chronic disease in older adults, and ethical issues. The new edition also includes expanded discussions of the demography and epidemiology of aging, and of mortality and end of life care. Updated statistics and trends related to physical, cognitive, and affective functioning and new questions to facilitate classroom dialogue make this extensively revised text an essential addition to the field. This title includes: expanded scope of topics; in-depth discussion of central topics in the field; updated statistics; end-of-chapter summaries; and, new discussion questions.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8261-2151-6 (9780826121516)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
11/2003
Springer Publishing Company
€73.59
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Content
1. Defining Public Health and Aging; 2. Population Aging: Demographic and Epidemiologic Perspectives; 3. The Aging and Public Health Systems; 4. Financing Preventive Care for Older Adults; 5. Aging, Public Health, and Long-term care; 6. Chronic Disease in Older Adults; 7. Physical Function: Disability; 8. Cognitive Function: Dementia.