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... psychological and religious ideas also reinforce stereotypical pictures of old age . The theory of disengagement ( Chapter 6 ) has been an important sociological theory which discounted the needs of older people , as has the protestant ...
... psychological and religious ideas also reinforce stereotypical pictures of old age . The theory of disengagement ( Chapter 6 ) has been an important sociological theory which discounted the needs of older people , as has the protestant ...
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... psychological rather than physical in origin . They also found that discomfort arising from vaginal lubrication was not a major problem in old age for 80 % of women , and that even if it was , lubrication was possible . For ageing ...
... psychological rather than physical in origin . They also found that discomfort arising from vaginal lubrication was not a major problem in old age for 80 % of women , and that even if it was , lubrication was possible . For ageing ...
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... psychologists have argued , denial can eventually impoverish the experience of life . Too much psychological energy is consumed deflecting fears of death , and replacing them with other anxieties . Ongoing denial , and the unresolved ...
... psychologists have argued , denial can eventually impoverish the experience of life . Too much psychological energy is consumed deflecting fears of death , and replacing them with other anxieties . Ongoing denial , and the unresolved ...
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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