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The study of ""the end of life"" has become a major focus on medicine, the social sciences, ethics, and religion. This volume brings together the various research on issues around death and dying, life's attributes as it nears death, planning and preparation for death, and care and intervention-related issues.
Presenting research in the biology of aging, this volume addresses theoretical issues, focusing on the basis for why humans live as long as they do. Topics explored include: why does aging occur; cellular aging; models in aging research; modern approaches to the mechanisms of aging; and the genetics of behavioral aging.
Economic Outcomes in Later Life - Public Policy, Health and Cumulative Advantage
Focusing on the economics of aging, this book emphasizes on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include: the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes; the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities in health status and access to health care; and more.
An annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing. Regular sections include scholarly articles, several book reviews of the best publications on nursing and health care history, and a section abstracting doctoral dissertations on nursing history. It is of interest to historians and researchers.
Official Publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing
An annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing. Regular sections include scholarly articles, several book reviews of the best publications on nursing and health care history, and a section abstracting doctoral dissertations on nursing history. It is of interest to historians and researchers.
Official Publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing
An annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing. Regular sections include scholarly articles, several book reviews of the best publications on nursing and health care history, and a section abstracting doctoral dissertations on nursing history. It is of interest to historians and researchers.
Official Publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing
Nursing History Review, an annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing, is a showcase for the most significant current research on nursing history. Regular sections include scholarly articles, over a dozen book reviews of the best publications on nursing and health care history that have appeared in the ......
Understanding and Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Offers the reader a synopsis of research, appreciating both the science and art of inquiry. This book is designed to present the elements of conducting and understanding nursing research. It describes both quantitative and qualitative investigations, and is useful for graduate students and nurse researchers.
Examining the importance of time and place, as applied to aging families, this book demonstrates how the social, cultural, historical, and institutional forces orient older and younger family members toward each other. It focuses on the temporal dimension of intergenerational relations, using frameworks from sociology and social history.
