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Aging and Chronic Disorders
Morewitz, Stephen J.; Goldstein, Mark L.
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Description for Aging and Chronic Disorders
Hardback. Focusing on the most prevalent conditions affecting seniors - including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, and fibromyalgia - this title analyzes the impact of chronic disease on aging. It deals with cognitive changes, psychological problems, and trends in health care utilization. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
"Aging and Chronic Disease" provides new perspectives on how aging is affected by chronic disease. The book focuses on how chronic disorders, such as diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and cancer influence stress, coping, and quality of life among older adults. The book emphasizes how management of risk factors for chronic diseases, new treatment and rehabilitation outcomes, social support, and patient education can reduce health care costs and improve coping strategies, quality of life, and longevity of older adults. Covering a wide range of topics from health care disparities, costs, new trends in disease risk factors, cognitive changes in older adults, ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387708560
SKU
V9780387708560
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99-15
About Morewitz, Stephen J.; Goldstein, Mark L.
Stephen J. Morewitz has over 18 years experience as a behavioral/public health scientist, university faculty member, and consultant. He runs a research institution in San Francisco supervising faculty research on the epidemiology and psychosocial aspects of the lower extremity disease/injury, disability, diabetes, and arthritis, and more. He has been on the staff or faculty of Michael Reese Hospital & Medical ... Read more
Reviews for Aging and Chronic Disorders
From the reviews: "Focuses on the most prevalent conditions affecting older adults. Topics include elders and health care utilization and costs, chronic disease and quality of life, psychological problems, and cognitive changes." Academia: an online magazine and resource for academic libraries, Nicki’s Picks, September, 2007 "Consultant Morewitz and practitioner Goldstein locate the eight chronic diseases most ... Read more