Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... knowledge , and almost total responsibility for our health . Indeed , some medical propaganda would make it appear ... knowledge we give them , perhaps a form of knowledge which is underdeveloped , and based on skills which are underused ...
... knowledge , and almost total responsibility for our health . Indeed , some medical propaganda would make it appear ... knowledge we give them , perhaps a form of knowledge which is underdeveloped , and based on skills which are underused ...
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... knowledge and infor- mation . There is almost unquestioned acceptance that in most aspects of human life there is a state of constant progress , brought about largely by increased scientific knowledge . Science has perpetuated the idea ...
... knowledge and infor- mation . There is almost unquestioned acceptance that in most aspects of human life there is a state of constant progress , brought about largely by increased scientific knowledge . Science has perpetuated the idea ...
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... knowledge of illness and what is available to put it right , com- pounded by our lack of self - confidence in the validity of personal insights . The second concerns the impact of illness itself , which thwarts the ability to function ...
... knowledge of illness and what is available to put it right , com- pounded by our lack of self - confidence in the validity of personal insights . The second concerns the impact of illness itself , which thwarts the ability to function ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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