LEADER 00000cam 2200433Mi 4500 001 ocn689996257 003 OCoLC 005 20160518074739.9 006 m o d 007 cr |n|---||||| 008 101206s2007 xx o 000 0 eng d 020 9780398085308|q(electronic bk.) 020 0398085307|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)689996257 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|erda|cEBLCP|dOCLCQ|dCOA|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO |dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dYDXCP|dDEBSZ|dOCLCQ 049 GTKE 050 4 RA564.8|b.G4721 2007 082 04 618.970028 100 1 Lesnoff-Caravaglia, Gari. 245 10 Gerontechnology :|bGrowing Old in a Technological Society. 264 1 Springfield :|bCharles C Thomas Publisher, LTD,|c2007. 300 1 online resource (324 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 505 0 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. 505 8 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. 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Gerontechnology. 650 0 Medicine. 650 7 MEDICAL|xGeriatrics.|2bisacsh 650 7 MEDICAL|xNursing|xGerontology.|2bisacsh 650 7 Gerontechnology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01893898 776 08 |iPrint version:|aLesnoff-Caravaglia, Gari. |tGerontechnology : Growing Old in a Technological Society.|dSpringfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, ©2007|z9780398076924 914 ocn689996257 994 93|bGTK
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