1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002872820203316

Autore

O'LEARY, Cecilia Elizabeth

Titolo

To die for : the paradox of American patriotism / Cecilia Elizabeth O'Leary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, [1999]

ISBN

691016860

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

973 21

Soggetti

Patriottismo - Storia - Stati Uniti d'America

Stati Uniti d'America Civiltà 1865-1918

Collocazione

X.3.B. 2487

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824844703321

Autore

Clark William R. <1938->

Titolo

A means to an end : the biological basis of aging and death / / William R. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

0-19-770158-2

1-280-50204-5

9786610502042

0-19-512593-2

0-19-802911-X

0-19-534839-7

1-60256-775-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

612.6/7

Soggetti

Cells - Aging

Apoptosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Aging, Senescence, and Lifespan; 2. The Nature of Cellular Senescence and Death; 3. The Evolution of Senescence and Death; 4. Of Embryos and Worms and Very Old Men: The Developmental Genetics of Senescence and Lifespan; 5. Human Genetic Diseases That Mimic the Aging Process; 6. Cycling to Senescence; 7. Replicative Immortality: Cancer and Aging; 8. Caloric Restriction and Maximum Lifespan; 9. With Every Breath We Take: Oxidative Stress and Cellular Senescence; 10. The Aging Brain; 11. A Conditional Benefit; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this work, the various theories of ageing are explained and assessed. The author presents case accounts about disorders that open windows on to the ageing process. The impacts of ageing on the brain and nervous system are given special attention, as are the effects of caloric restriction on maximum lifespan.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970934703321

Titolo

Fostering rapid advances in health care : learning from system demonstrations  / / Janet M. Corrigan, Ann Greiner, Shari M. Erickson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : The National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

9786610182855

9780309168786

0309168783

9781280182853

1280182857

9780309570398

0309570395

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CorriganJanet

GreinerAnn

EricksonShari M

Disciplina

362.1/0973

Soggetti

Medical care - United States

Medical economics - United States

Health insurance - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee on Rapid Advance Demonstration Projects: Health Care Finance and Delivery Systems...Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. The Time for change has come -- ; 2. Chronic care: reducing the toll of chronic conditions on individuals and communities -- ; 3. Primary care: 40 stellar community health centers -- ; 4. Information and communications technology infrastructure: a "paperless" health care system -- ; 5. State health insurance: making affordable coverage available to all Americans -- ; 6. Liability: patient-centered safety-focused, nonjudicial compensation.

Sommario/riassunto

In response to a request from the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine convened a



committee to identify possible demonstration projects that might be implemented in 2003, with the hope of yielding models for broader health system reform within a few years. The committee is recommending a substantial portfolio of demonstration projects, including chronic care and primary care demonstrations, information and communications technology infrastructure demonstrations, health insurance coverage demonstrations, and liability demonstrations. As a set, the demonstrations address key aspects of the health care delivery system and the financing and legal environment in which health care is provided. The launching of a carefully crafted set of demonstrations is viewed as a way to initiate a  oebuilding block approach to health system change.