Health Care for the Elderly - Regional Responses for National Policy Issues

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Contents
Preface

• Issues in Health and Social Policy for an Aging Society
• The Biological Constraints on Human Aging: Implications for Health Policy
• Institutional Versus Community Care of the Elderly: The Delicate Balance of Social Policy
• The Impact Prospective Payment Will Have on Deinstitutionalizing Health Care for the Elderly
• Educating Practitioners for Care of the Elderly: The Teaching Nursing Home?
• Health Promotion and the Elderly: Why Do It and Where Does It Lead?
• Medical Care for the Elderly in Other Western Countries: Lessons for the United States

About the author

Andreoli, Kathleen G.; Musser, Leigh A.; Reiser, Stanley J.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kathleen G Andreoli (Editor), Kathleen Gainor Andreoli (Editor), Andreoli Kathleen G. (Editor), Kathleen Gainor Andreoli (Editor), Leigh A Musser (Editor), Leigh Ann Musser (Editor), Leigh Anne Musser (Editor), Musser Leigh A. (Editor), Stanley J Reiser (Editor), Stanley J. Reiser (Editor), Stanley Joel Reiser (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1987
• EAN: 9780866566070
• ISBN: 978-0-86656-607-0
• No. of pages: 382
• Weight: 566 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SELF-HELP / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / Public Health, Personal & public health, Health & personal development, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Personal and public health / health education