Research and the ageing population [[electronic resource]]
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Titolo: |
Research and the ageing population [[electronic resource]]
|
| Pubblicazione: | Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 612.67072 |
| 618.97 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Geriatrics |
| Aging | |
| Older people - Diseases | |
| Older people - Health and hygiene | |
| Altri autori: |
EveredDavid
WhelanJulie
|
| Note generali: | Editors: David Evered (organizer) and Julie Whelan. |
| "Symposium on Research and the Ageing Population, held at the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 28-30 April 1987"--P. v. | |
| "A Wiley-Interscience publication." | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | RESEARCH AND THE AGEING POPULATION; Contents; Participants; Preface; Introduction; The health of the elderly population: results from longitudinal studies with age-cohort comparisons; Health and ageing in the developing world; Ageing and disease; Cerebrovascular disease and the elderly; Alzheimer's disease as an age-dependent disorder; Questions in the psychiatry of old age; Cardiovascular disease in the elderly; Osteoporosis syndromes and age-related fracture; Ageing and infection; General discussion; Malignant disease and the elderly; Longitudinal insights into the ageing population |
| The nature and causes of ageingChanging health needs of the ageing population; Planning for health services for the elderly; The costs of long-term care: distribution and responsibility; Summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This international symposium focuses on the contributions that biomedical research is making to the provision of proper health care for the increasing numbers of elderly people in all countries, developed and developing. Recent, encouraging developments in the areas of malignancy, dementia, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease are emphasized. Also addresses new ways of planning health care and social support systems for the elderly. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Research and the ageing population |
| ISBN: | 1-282-34603-2 |
| 9786612346033 | |
| 0-470-51358-6 | |
| 0-470-51359-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910830619703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 134.