| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA990009854950403321 |
|
|
Autore |
Polvani, Stefania |
|
|
Titolo |
Medicina narrativa in terapia intensiva : storie di malattia e di cura / a cura di Stefania Polvani e Armando Sarti ; presentazione di Paolo Morello Marchese |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Milano : FrancoAngeli, 2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Locazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collocazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910460205703321 |
|
|
Autore |
Merrill Gary F. |
|
|
Titolo |
Our aging bodies / / Gary F. Merrill |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
New Brunswick, New Jersey ; ; London, [England] : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2015 |
|
©2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (314 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Aging - Physiological aspects |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- 1. How We Age -- 2. The Aging Nervous System -- 3. The Aging Endocrine System -- 4. The Aging Immune System -- 5. The Aging Reproductive System -- 6. The Aging Urinary System -- 7. The Aging Gastrointestinal System -- 8. The Aging Musculoskeletal System -- 9. The Aging Cardiovascular System -- 10. The Aging Respiratory System -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
People in developed countries are living longer and, just as the aged population around the world is steadily growing, the number of adults eighty-five and older in the United States is projected to quadruple to twenty-one million people by 2050. The aging of our population has huge implications for baby boomers and their children, and has generated a greater interest in the causes and effects of aging. Our Aging Bodies provides a clear, scientifically based explanation of what happens to all the major organ systems and bodily processes-such as the cardiovascular and digestive systems-as people age. The first section is an overview of secondary aging-changes that occur with age that are related to disease and the environment-and include the effect of such things as diet, humor, and exercise. Readers will also learn about primary aging-intrinsic changes that occur with the aging of specific organs and body systems (including the prostate, the heart, the digestive system, and the brain). Throughout the book, Gary F. Merrill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
weaves in personal anecdotes and stories that help clarify and reinforce the facts and principles of the underlying scientific processes and explanations. Our Aging Bodies is accessible to a general reader interested in the aging phenomenon, or baby boomers wanting to be more informed when seeing their doctor and discussing changes to their bodies as they age. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |