Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life [[electronic resource] /] / Norman B. Anderson, Randy A. Bulatao, and Barney Cohen, editors ; Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 735 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AndersonNorman B
BulataoRodolfo A. <1944-> CohenBarney <1959-> |
Soggetto topico |
Minority older people - Health and hygiene - United States
Older people - Health and hygiene - United States Discrimination in medical care - United States Health status indicators |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-08407-0
9786612084072 0-309-53200-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450525603321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life [[electronic resource] /] / Norman B. Anderson, Randy A. Bulatao, and Barney Cohen, editors ; Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 735 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AndersonNorman B
BulataoRodolfo A. <1944-> CohenBarney <1959-> |
Soggetto topico |
Minority older people - Health and hygiene - United States
Older people - Health and hygiene - United States Discrimination in medical care - United States Health status indicators |
ISBN |
0-309-16570-9
1-282-08407-0 9786612084072 0-309-53200-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Racial and ethnic identification, official classifications, and health disparities / Gary D. Sandefur, Mary E. Campbell, and Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck -- Racial and ethnic disparities in health and mortality among the U.S. elderly population / Robert A. Hummer, Maureen R. Benjamins, and Richard G. Rogers -- Ethnic differences in dementia and Alzheimer's disease / Jennifer J. Manly and Richard Mayeux -- The life-course contribution to ethnic disparities in health / Clyde Hertzman -- Selection processes in the study of racial and ethnic differentials in adult health and mortality / Alberto Palloni and Douglas Ewbank -- Immigrant health: selectivity and acculturation / Guillermina Jasso ... [et al.] -- Genetic factors in ethnic disparities in health / Richard S. Cooper -- Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health / Eileen M. Crimmins, Mark D. Hayward and Teresa E. Seeman -- The role of social and personal resources in ethnic disparities in late-life health / Carlos F. Mendes de Leon and Thomas A. Glass -- What makes a place healthy? neighborhood influences on racial/ethnic disparities in health over the life course / Jeffrey D. Morenoff and John W. Lynch -- Racial/ethnic disparities in health behaviors: a challenge to current assumptions / Marilyn A. Winkleby and Catherine Cubbin -- Cumulative psychosocial risks and resilience: a conceptual perspective on ethnic health disparities in late life / Hector F. Myers and Wei-Chin Hwang -- Significance of perceived racism: toward understanding ethnic group disparities in health, the later years / Rodney Clark -- A neurovisceral integration model of health disparities in aging / Julian F. Thayer and Bruce H. Friedman -- Geography and racial health disparities / Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner -- Behavioral health interventions: what works and why? / David M. Cutler -- Ethnic disparities in aging health: what can we learn from the United Kingdom? / James Y. Nazroo -- An exploratory investigation into racial disparities in the health of older South Africans / Debbie Bradshaw ... [et al.]. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783142503321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life [[electronic resource] /] / Norman B. Anderson, Randy A. Bulatao, and Barney Cohen, editors ; Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 735 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AndersonNorman B
BulataoRodolfo A. <1944-> CohenBarney <1959-> |
Soggetto topico |
Minority older people - Health and hygiene - United States
Older people - Health and hygiene - United States Discrimination in medical care - United States Health status indicators |
ISBN |
0-309-16570-9
1-282-08407-0 9786612084072 0-309-53200-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Racial and ethnic identification, official classifications, and health disparities / Gary D. Sandefur, Mary E. Campbell, and Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck -- Racial and ethnic disparities in health and mortality among the U.S. elderly population / Robert A. Hummer, Maureen R. Benjamins, and Richard G. Rogers -- Ethnic differences in dementia and Alzheimer's disease / Jennifer J. Manly and Richard Mayeux -- The life-course contribution to ethnic disparities in health / Clyde Hertzman -- Selection processes in the study of racial and ethnic differentials in adult health and mortality / Alberto Palloni and Douglas Ewbank -- Immigrant health: selectivity and acculturation / Guillermina Jasso ... [et al.] -- Genetic factors in ethnic disparities in health / Richard S. Cooper -- Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health / Eileen M. Crimmins, Mark D. Hayward and Teresa E. Seeman -- The role of social and personal resources in ethnic disparities in late-life health / Carlos F. Mendes de Leon and Thomas A. Glass -- What makes a place healthy? neighborhood influences on racial/ethnic disparities in health over the life course / Jeffrey D. Morenoff and John W. Lynch -- Racial/ethnic disparities in health behaviors: a challenge to current assumptions / Marilyn A. Winkleby and Catherine Cubbin -- Cumulative psychosocial risks and resilience: a conceptual perspective on ethnic health disparities in late life / Hector F. Myers and Wei-Chin Hwang -- Significance of perceived racism: toward understanding ethnic group disparities in health, the later years / Rodney Clark -- A neurovisceral integration model of health disparities in aging / Julian F. Thayer and Bruce H. Friedman -- Geography and racial health disparities / Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner -- Behavioral health interventions: what works and why? / David M. Cutler -- Ethnic disparities in aging health: what can we learn from the United Kingdom? / James Y. Nazroo -- An exploratory investigation into racial disparities in the health of older South Africans / Debbie Bradshaw ... [et al.]. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812003903321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Faith in the future [[electronic resource] ] : healthcare, aging, and the role of religion / / Harold G. Koenig, Douglas M. Lawson, with Malcolm McConnell |
Autore | Koenig Harold G (Harold George), <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Conshohocken, Pa., : Templeton Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LawsonDouglas M. <1936->
McConnellMalcolm |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Medical care - United States - Religious aspects
Religious health facilities - United States Aging - United States - Religious aspects Pastoral medicine - United States Medicine - United States - Religious aspects Public health - United States - Forecasting Population - Health aspects - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-12927-1
9786613533159 1-59947-035-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The dilemma and challenge -- pt. 2. Some solutions to our healthcare crisis -- pt. 3. The role of caring communities -- pt. 4. Implementing the vision. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462472303321 |
Koenig Harold G (Harold George), <1951-> | ||
West Conshohocken, Pa., : Templeton Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Faith in the future [[electronic resource] ] : healthcare, aging, and the role of religion / / Harold G. Koenig, Douglas M. Lawson, with Malcolm McConnell |
Autore | Koenig Harold G (Harold George), <1951-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Conshohocken, Pa., : Templeton Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LawsonDouglas M. <1936->
McConnellMalcolm |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Medical care - United States - Religious aspects
Religious health facilities - United States Aging - United States - Religious aspects Pastoral medicine - United States Medicine - United States - Religious aspects Public health - United States - Forecasting Population - Health aspects - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-12927-1
9786613533159 1-59947-035-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The dilemma and challenge -- pt. 2. Some solutions to our healthcare crisis -- pt. 3. The role of caring communities -- pt. 4. Implementing the vision. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790164803321 |
Koenig Harold G (Harold George), <1951-> | ||
West Conshohocken, Pa., : Templeton Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Faith in the future : healthcare, aging, and the role of religion / / Harold G. Koenig, Douglas M. Lawson, with Malcolm McConnell |
Autore | Koenig Harold G (Harold George), <1951-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Conshohocken, Pa., : Templeton Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LawsonDouglas M. <1936->
McConnellMalcolm |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Medical care - United States - Religious aspects
Religious health facilities - United States Aging - United States - Religious aspects Pastoral medicine - United States Medicine - United States - Religious aspects Public health - United States - Forecasting Population - Health aspects - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-12927-1
9786613533159 1-59947-035-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The dilemma and challenge -- pt. 2. Some solutions to our healthcare crisis -- pt. 3. The role of caring communities -- pt. 4. Implementing the vision. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815910803321 |
Koenig Harold G (Harold George), <1951-> | ||
West Conshohocken, Pa., : Templeton Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sick to death and not going to take it anymore! [[electronic resource] ] : reforming health care for the last years of life / / Joanne Lynn |
Autore | Lynn Joanne <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Collana | California/Milbank books on health and the public |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Medical care - United States
Older people - Long-term care - United States Chronically ill - Medical care - United States Terminal care - United States Health care reform - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-520-93142-4
1-4175-4079-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Just the facts: serious chronic disease in the last phase of life -- Seeing the world differently: ideas to shape reform -- Good care for some people, sometimes -- Surveying the terrain: opportunities and challenges -- Good care for us all: building the care system to count on. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450522203321 |
Lynn Joanne <1951-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sick to death and not going to take it anymore! [[electronic resource] ] : reforming health care for the last years of life / / Joanne Lynn |
Autore | Lynn Joanne <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Collana | California/Milbank books on health and the public |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Medical care - United States
Older people - Long-term care - United States Chronically ill - Medical care - United States Terminal care - United States Health care reform - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
advance care planning
aging alzheimers american hospital association at home care baby boomers caregivers chronic illness degenerative disease dementia disability disease gerontology health and wellness health care delivery health care reform health care health policy hospice hospitals illness life span long term care medicine modern health care nonfiction nursing home palliative care progressive illness retirement home seniors terminal care |
ISBN |
0-520-93142-4
1-4175-4079-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Just the facts: serious chronic disease in the last phase of life -- Seeing the world differently: ideas to shape reform -- Good care for some people, sometimes -- Surveying the terrain: opportunities and challenges -- Good care for us all: building the care system to count on. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782920703321 |
Lynn Joanne <1951-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sick to death and not going to take it anymore! : reforming health care for the last years of life / / Joanne Lynn |
Autore | Lynn Joanne <1951-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Collana | California/Milbank books on health and the public |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Medical care - United States
Older people - Long-term care - United States Chronically ill - Medical care - United States Terminal care - United States Health care reform - United States |
ISBN |
0-520-93142-4
1-4175-4079-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Just the facts: serious chronic disease in the last phase of life -- Seeing the world differently: ideas to shape reform -- Good care for some people, sometimes -- Surveying the terrain: opportunities and challenges -- Good care for us all: building the care system to count on. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811315003321 |
Lynn Joanne <1951-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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What every senior needs to know about health care [[electronic resource] /] / James J. Nora |
Autore | Nora James J. <1928-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/97/00973 |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Health and hygiene - United States
Older people - Medical care - United States Geriatrics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-50131-6
9786610501311 0-87081-804-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What's happened to health care? -- The aging process -- The heart of the matter: cardiovascular and general health -- Nutrition, diet, and weight control -- Fitness -- Cancer and blood diseases -- More leading causes of death and disability -- Mental and social health and elder abuse -- Retirement -- Envoi. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451765703321 |
Nora James J. <1928-> | ||
Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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