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Klappentext With increasing numbers of elderly people in our society, the importance of issues of health, illness, disability and health services for the elderly looms ever larger. The research literature has correspondingly expanded to examine these issues. In this volume, leading researchers in social gerontology present the current state of knowledge about health and ageing. Topics covered range from conceptual and measurement issues, to social factors in health and illness, to use of services, financing of health care, caregiving and medical consumerism amongst the elderly.Researchers in gerontology sum up the current state of knowledge of health and ageing. Topics range from conceptual and measurement issues to social factors in health and illness, to service utilization and consumerism amongst the elderly. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword - Judith A Levy Introduction - Sidney M Stahl The Legacy of Aging SECTION ONE CONCEPTUALIZING AND MEASURING THE HEALTH OF OLDER PERSONS Old Equals Sick - Sidney M Stahl and Jacquelyn Rupp Feller An Ontogenetic Fallacy Assessing the Physical and Mental Health of the Elderly - Jersey Liang and Nancy A Whitelaw The Iceberg of Disability - Lois M Verbrugge SECTION TWO SOCIAL FACTORS IN WHO GETS SICK The Relative Contributions of Gender, Social Class and Advancing Age to Health - Charles F Longino Jr Old Age Health Problems and Long-Term Care Policy Issues - Jeffrey Michael Clair The Distribution of Distress by Age and Gender - Marjorie Chary Feinson Examining Data from Community Surveys Changes in Health Functioning and Mortality - Kenneth G Manton and Eric Stallard SECTION THREE THE USE OF SERVICES Health Beliefs, Attitudes and Behavior of Older Persons - Michael A Counte and Gerald L Glandon An Analysis of Advances in Research and Future Directions Predicting Nursing Home Utilization - Karl D Kosloski, Rhonda J V Montgomery and Edgar F Borgatta Is This The Best We Can Do? The Relationship Between Formal and Informal Health Care Services for the Elderly - William J McAuley, Shirley S Travis and Marcia Safewright Autonomy in Health Care for Elders - Debra David SECTION FOUR THE ORGANIZATION AND FINANCING OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES Health Needs and Services for Older Adults - Kenneth F Ferraro and Thomas T H Wan Evaluating Polices for an Aging Society The Dilemma of Poverty Based Long-Term Care - Madonna Harrington Meyer and Jill Quadagno SECTION FIVE THE INTERACTION OF SYSTEM WITH INDIVIDUAL Health Care Provider Choice and Satisfaction - Russell A Ward Physician-Elderly Patient Communication - Mary Ann Cook, Rodney M Coe and Kristin Hanson Processes and Outcomes of Medical Encounters Transition to the Status of Family Caregiver - J Jill Suitor and Karl Pillemer A New Framework for Studying Social Support and Well-Being The Caregiver Role - Michael Glasser, Susan Rubin and Mary Dickover Review of Family Caregiver-Physician Relations and Dementing Disorders ...
