| Description |
iv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Perspectives on aging and human development series |
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Perspectives on aging and human development series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the picture of health : bringing human beings back in / Jon Hendricks -- Physical and mental health in the later years. Life events, social support, and immune response in elderly individuals / William Alex McIntosh ... [et al.] -- Associations among healthy habits, age, gender, and education in a sample of retirees / J. Paul Leigh and James F. Fries |
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-- Self-efficacy and depressive symptomatology in older adults : an exploratory study / Jennifer Davis-Berman -- Depression, dementia, and social supports / Sally R. Esser and Peter P. Vitaliano -- Social interaction and depression in elderly individuals / Ken J. Rotenberg and Jocelyn Hamel -- Health and social context. Employment, social networks, and health in the retirement |
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years / Michál E. Mor-Barak ... [et al.]. |
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Rural versus urban differences in health dependence among the elderly population / John A. Krout -- Social dimensions of mental illness among rural elderly populations / Jon Hendricks and Howard B. Turner -- Subjective well-being among the rural elderly population / Jay Meddin and Alan Vaux -- Seniors' assessment of their health and life satisfaction : the case for contextual |
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evaluation / G. Elaine Stolar, Michael I. MacEntee, and Patricia Hill -- Effects of bereavement/loss and pre-event status on subsequent physical health in older adults / Stanley A. Murrell, Samuel Himmelfarb, and James F. Phifer. |
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Health care system and utilization patterns. Race, gender, and the effect of social supports on the use of health services by elderly individuals / Martha A. Nelson -- Implications of a mental health intervention for elderly mentally ill residents of residential care facilities / Leonard E. Gottesman ... [et al.]. |
| Subject |
Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects.
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Older people -- Social conditions.
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Older people.
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Older people -- Medical care.
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Older people.
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Social Support.
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| Added Author |
Hendricks, Jon, 1943-
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| ISBN |
089503168X (acid-free, recycled paper) |
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