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1 online resource (324 pages) |
Contents |
GERONTECHNOLOGY; CONTENTS; PART I; Chapter 1 GERONTECHNOLOGY: THE LINKING OF GERONTOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 2 GERONTECHNOLOGY: THE CHALLENGE; PART II; Chapter 3 AGE-RELATED CHANGES WITHIN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: INTEGUMENTARY, SKELETAL, AND MUSCULAR; Chapter 4 AGE-RELATED CHANGES WITHIN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: CIRCULATORY, RESPIRATORY, AND DIGESTIVE; Chapter 5 AGE-RELATED CHANGES WITHIN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: URINARY, REPRODUCTIVE, ENDOCRINE; Chapter 6 AGE-RELATED CHANGES WITHIN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; PART III; Chapter 7 GERONTECHNOLOGY AND VISION. |
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Chapter 8 GERONTECHNOLOGY AND HEARINGPART IV; Chapter 9 ERGONOMIC DESIGN FOR OLDER ADULTS; Chapter 10 INTELLIGENT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY FOR ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE; PART V; Chapter 11 ROBOTICS AND INDEPENDENCE FOR THE ELDERLY; Chapter 12 KEEPING AN OLDER POPULATION MOBILE; PART VI; Chapter 13 TECHNOLOGY, AGING, AND COMMUNICATION; Chapter 14 GERONTECHNOLOGICAL ONTOLOGY:; INDEX. |
Summary |
Aging does not occur in isolation but is a reflection of societal attitudes and resulting practical outcomes. Practical responses are principally the purview of engineering, technology, and the biomedical sciences, while the societal attitudes represent the ethical, philosophical, and social bases of the culture. Together they provide the inevitable link between the fields of gerontology and technology: Gerontechnology. The six sections of this groundbreaking book, Gerontechnology, detail this relationship. Part I describes the multi-faceted convergence of technology and aging, as well as the. |
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Print version record. |
Subject |
Gerontechnology.
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Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Geriatrics.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Gerontology.
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Gerontechnology. (OCoLC)fst01893898
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Other Form: |
Print version: Lesnoff-Caravaglia, Gari. Gerontechnology : Growing Old in a Technological Society. Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, ©2007 9780398076924 |
ISBN |
9780398085308 (electronic bk.) |
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0398085307 (electronic bk.) |
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