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Koenig, Harold G. (Harold George), 1951-

Title Faith in the future : healthcare, aging and the role of religion / Harold G. Koenig, Douglas Lawson, with Malcolm McConnell.

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Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, 2004.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department	362.198 KOE	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	362.198 KOE	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	362.198 KO	Check Shelf

Description	216 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Our aging population : the dilemma and challenge -- Spiraling healthcare costs -- Healthcare institutions : financial pressures, innovative opportunities -- Prevention, healthy living, and wellness -- Religion, aging, and health -- Religion and the long tradition of caring for the sick -- Religious congregations and retirement communities as support networks -- Successful aging and purpose-filled retirement : the mutual benefits of volunteering -- What "caring" for the elderly truly entails -- The partnership of government, philanthropy, and faith-based communities -- Practical steps for putting faith into action.
Subject	Older people -- Medical care -- United States -- Religious aspects.
	Religious health facilities -- United States.
	Aging -- United States -- Religious aspects.
	Pastoral medicine -- United States.
	Medicine -- United States -- Religious aspects.
	Public health -- United States -- Forecasting.
	Population -- Health aspects -- United States.
	Older people.
Added Author	Lawson, Douglas M., 1936-
	McConnell, Malcolm.
ISBN	1932031359 hardback alkaline paper

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