Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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Page 47
... live riotously , abuse themselves , and then have a replacement heart ; but the answer to ill health in old age should not be medication or surgery . Drugs , bypass surgery , or a new heart should not be considered an alterna- tive to ...
... live riotously , abuse themselves , and then have a replacement heart ; but the answer to ill health in old age should not be medication or surgery . Drugs , bypass surgery , or a new heart should not be considered an alterna- tive to ...
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... live , and a sensible strategy for extending health , does not preclude an acceptance of decline and death . Indeed , accepting the entire process of life , including death , is an essential part of healthy living . THE MOURNING PROCESS ...
... live , and a sensible strategy for extending health , does not preclude an acceptance of decline and death . Indeed , accepting the entire process of life , including death , is an essential part of healthy living . THE MOURNING PROCESS ...
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... live on impaired ; or to fashion from the pain and memory a new life . Through mourning we let the dead go , and come to accept the difficult changes that loss brings . Medicine can obstruct the grieving process . The introduction of ...
... live on impaired ; or to fashion from the pain and memory a new life . Through mourning we let the dead go , and come to accept the difficult changes that loss brings . Medicine can obstruct the grieving process . The introduction of ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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