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Women and healthy aging : living productively in spite of it all / / J. Dianne Garner, Alice A. Young, editors



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Titolo: Women and healthy aging : living productively in spite of it all / / J. Dianne Garner, Alice A. Young, editors Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993, 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina: 362.1/9897/0082
362.198970082
Soggetto topico: Older women - Diseases
Adjustment (Psychology) in old age
Older women - Health and hygiene
Older women - Mental health
Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age
Older women - Medical care - United States
Altri autori: GarnerJ. Dianne  
YoungAlice Adam  
Note generali: First publisbed 1993 by The Haworth Press, Inc.
Women and healthy aging : living productively in spite of it all has also been published as Journal of women & aging, volume 5, numbers 3/4, 1993.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Introduction; Adaptations; Healthy Older Women-In Spite of It All; After Menopause; Menopause; Osteoporosis and Older Women: Productive Lifestyle Strategies; Living Productively with Arthritis; The Older Woman with Diabetes Mellitus; Heart Disease and Older Women; Women, Aging, and Cancer; Alzheimer's Disease and Older Women; Living Productively with Sensory Loss; Discrimination Against Older Women in Health Care; Public Policy, Health Care and Older Women; Women and Healthy Aging: Conclusion; At Eighty
Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book explores what is known about healthy living among older women, emphasizing overcoming illness and adversity. Women and Healthy Aging focuses on common age-related changes and illnesses that frequently occur among women in the later years. It describes these diseases and changes, provides treatment options, highlights preventative measures, and offers suggestions for continued productive living as women age. Since some of the barriers to effective diagnoses, treatments, and implementation of productive living strategies are institutional, two chapters explore public health policies wh
Titolo autorizzato: Women and healthy aging  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-56023-049-5
1-315-82061-7
1-317-82339-7
1-317-82340-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809671103321
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