Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... whilst others are mutagenic . Indeed , drug side - effects have become so common that Hurwitz and Wade ( 1969 ) calculated that one - tenth of all hospital admissions were the result of prescribed drugs , whilst Williamson and Chopin ...
... whilst others are mutagenic . Indeed , drug side - effects have become so common that Hurwitz and Wade ( 1969 ) calculated that one - tenth of all hospital admissions were the result of prescribed drugs , whilst Williamson and Chopin ...
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... Whilst such changes might be considered normal ageing processes , their speed and severity varies so much between individuals that it is clear that they are not entirely inevitable ; there are other factors that determine their speed ...
... Whilst such changes might be considered normal ageing processes , their speed and severity varies so much between individuals that it is clear that they are not entirely inevitable ; there are other factors that determine their speed ...
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... whilst time remains . CONCLUSION The issue of health in old age needs to be recontextualized and demedicalized . The aim should be not to prevent old age , or even delay death , but to maintain the quality of life until closer to death ...
... whilst time remains . CONCLUSION The issue of health in old age needs to be recontextualized and demedicalized . The aim should be not to prevent old age , or even delay death , but to maintain the quality of life until closer to death ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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