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... maintaining the quality of life for as long into the ageing process as possible . The fact and fiction that lies beneath the stereotypical caricature of ageing , and how best older people can maintain their health late into old age , is ...
... maintaining the quality of life for as long into the ageing process as possible . The fact and fiction that lies beneath the stereotypical caricature of ageing , and how best older people can maintain their health late into old age , is ...
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... maintain the necessary vigilance in prescribing drugs beyond the point that their use was indicated , or in combinations that are safe . This often results in creating health problems more severe than those for which the medication was ...
... maintain the necessary vigilance in prescribing drugs beyond the point that their use was indicated , or in combinations that are safe . This often results in creating health problems more severe than those for which the medication was ...
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... maintain their health through diet . The existence of special diets for particular health problems is an area of ... maintain for themselves , and the less physical support given , increases their physical activity , thereby helping to ...
... maintain their health through diet . The existence of special diets for particular health problems is an area of ... maintain for themselves , and the less physical support given , increases their physical activity , thereby helping to ...
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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