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Committee on an Aging Society (U.S.)

Title Health in an older society / Committee on an Aging Society, Institute on Medicine and National Research Council.

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Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985.

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	362.1088 C734H	Check Shelf

Description	viii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series	America's aging
	America's aging.
Note	Includes papers from a symposium held July 18-20, 1983 at the National Academy of Sciences.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents	Summary -- Waxing of the gray, waning of the green / David L. Rabin -- Active life expectancy: societal implications / Sidney Katz, David S. Greer, John C. Beck, Laurence G. Branch, and William D. Spector -- Health, disease, and cardiovascular aging / Edward G. Lakatta -- Depressive illness in late life / Dan Blazer -- Aging and age-dependent disease: cognition and dementia / Robert Katzman -- Informal social support systems for the frail elderly / Barbara Silverstone -- Financing long-term care for the elderly: institutions, incentives, issues / Anne R. Somers.
Form	Also issued online.
Subject	Older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Congresses.
	Older people -- Diseases -- United States -- Congresses.
	Older people -- Services for -- United States -- Congresses.
	Aged.
	Aging.
	Health Services Needs and Demand.
	Health Services Research.
	Socioeconomic Factors.
Other Form:	Online version: Committee on an Aging Society (U.S.) Health in an older society. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985 (OCoLC)562098938
ISBN	0309035430 paperback
	9780309035439 paperback

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