Second Fifty Years : Promoting Health and Preventing Disability.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, Institute of Medicine
Otros Autores: Berg, Robert L., Cassells, J. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1992.
Colección:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Older people > Health and hygiene.
Older people > Diseases > Prevention.
Older people > Services for > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Personnes âgées > Santé et hygiène.
Personnes âgées > Services > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Medical policy
Older people > Health and hygiene
Older people > Services for
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Second Fifty Years
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgment
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • GENERAL ISSUES OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISABILITY PREVENTION
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Medications
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Osteoporosis
  • Sensory Loss
  • Oral Health
  • Cancer Screening
  • Nutrition
  • Smoking
  • Depression
  • Physical Inactivity
  • Social Isolation
  • Falls
  • 1 Introduction
  • REFERENCES
  • 2 Disability Classification
  • DISABILITY AND THE DISEASE MODEL
  • CLASSIFYING DISABILITIES
  • COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENT FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN PERSONS OVER 50SUMMARY
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Services
  • Clinical
  • Research
  • Policy
  • REFERENCES
  • 4 Medications
  • BURDEN
  • Prevalence
  • Costs
  • The Impairment/Disability/Handicap Sequence
  • PREVENTABILITY OF BURDEN
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Services
  • Research
  • Education
  • Policymakers
  • REFERENCES
  • 5 Risk Factors for Infection in the Elderly
  • PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE
  • INFLUENZA
  • NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
  • INFECTIONS IN LONG-TERM FACILITIES
  • OTHER INFECTIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONSServices
  • Research
  • Education
  • REFERENCES
  • 6 Osteoporosis
  • BURDEN OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND FRACTURES
  • Morbidity
  • Mortality
  • Disability
  • Costs
  • DETERMINANTS OF FRACTURES
  • Bone Mass
  • Trauma
  • PREVENTABILITY OF OSTEOPOROSIS
  • Peak Bone Mass
  • Hypogonadal Bone Loss
  • Age-related Bone Loss
  • Secondary Osteoporosis
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Services
  • Research
  • Education
  • Policymakers
  • Providers
  • The Public
  • APPENDIX
  • SINGLE-PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY
  • DUAL-PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY
  • DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRYQUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
  • REFERENCES
  • 7 Preventing Disability Related to Sensory Loss in the Older Adult
  • DEFINITION AND PREVALENCE
  • ETIOLOGIC BREAKDOWN
  • Visual Impairments
  • Hearing Impairments
  • DISABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SENSORY LOSS
  • APPROACHES TO PREVENTION
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Policymakers and Government Agencies
  • Professional Societies
  • Clinicians
  • REFERENCES
  • 8 Oral Health Problems in the Second Fifty
  • BURDEN

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