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Handbook of Pain and Aging
. Ed(S): Mostofsky, David I.; Lomranz, Jacob
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Description for Handbook of Pain and Aging
hardcover. Examines physical and mental repercussions of pain among the elderly, finding theoretical bases in such fields as dynamic psychology, psychophysics, behavior modification, and nutrition. This book covers basic topics of biobehaviorism, psychosocial and psychodynamic aspects, and clinical techniques as they pertain to treatment of elderly patients. Editor(s): Mostofsky, David I.; Lomranz, Jacob. Series: The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging. Num Pages: 395 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMBP; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 2200.
From time to time, professional journals and edited volumes devote some of their pages to considerations of pain and aging as they occur among the aged in different cultures and populations. One starts from several reasonable assumptions, among them that aging per se is not a disease process, yet the risk and frequency of disease processes increase with ongoing years. The physical body's functioning and ability to restore all forms of damage and insult slow down, the immune system becomes compromised, and the slow-growing pathologies reach their critical mass in the later years. The psychological body also becomes weaker, with ... Read more
From time to time, professional journals and edited volumes devote some of their pages to considerations of pain and aging as they occur among the aged in different cultures and populations. One starts from several reasonable assumptions, among them that aging per se is not a disease process, yet the risk and frequency of disease processes increase with ongoing years. The physical body's functioning and ability to restore all forms of damage and insult slow down, the immune system becomes compromised, and the slow-growing pathologies reach their critical mass in the later years. The psychological body also becomes weaker, with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
Number of pages
395
Condition
New
Series
The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging
Number of Pages
395
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306454585
SKU
V9780306454585
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