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... concerned with factors other than medical support . In his examination of longevity , Georgakas ( 1980 ) came to this conclusion : After so much human effort has been expended to find some exotic ' secret ' to long life , it is somewhat ...
... concerned with factors other than medical support . In his examination of longevity , Georgakas ( 1980 ) came to this conclusion : After so much human effort has been expended to find some exotic ' secret ' to long life , it is somewhat ...
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... concerned with our hopes , dreams and achievements , and our expectations of human relationships . Loss in old age ... concern to older people , often profoundly . Yet they are not fundamentally different to those experienced throughout ...
... concerned with our hopes , dreams and achievements , and our expectations of human relationships . Loss in old age ... concern to older people , often profoundly . Yet they are not fundamentally different to those experienced throughout ...
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... concerned with remedying certain deficiencies which may exist in the relation between the individual and his environment , and for this purpose is concerned with the total individual in relation to the whole of the environment , in so ...
... concerned with remedying certain deficiencies which may exist in the relation between the individual and his environment , and for this purpose is concerned with the total individual in relation to the whole of the environment , in so ...
Contents
Nature and the importance of good health in old age | 1 |
expectations of health in old age | 8 |
the medicalization of old age | 23 |
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| Title | Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People Nutshell Handbooks Volume 29 of Therapy in practice series, ISSN 0961-1436 |
| Author | Steve Scrutton |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 1565930320, 9781565930322 |
| Length | 238 pages |
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