Encyclopedia of Health and Aging

Author Kyriakos S. Markides

Publisher SAGE

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Author

Kyriakos S. Markides

Kyriakos S. Markides, Ph.D., is Annie and John Gnitzinger Professor of Aging Studies at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is the author or co-author of 210 publications, most of which are in the field of health and aging. The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) has recently listed Dr. Markides among the most highly cited scientists in the world. He has extensive editorial experience including being the founding and current Editor of the Journal of Aging and Health (SAGE). Dr. Markides has also edited a number of related books, including Minorities, Aging, and Health (SAGE).

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SAGE

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Copyright

2007

ISBN13

9781412953870

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eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

This one-volume resource (first published in print formation in 2007) captures some of the excitement of the research in the field in terms of new findings as well as conceptual developments guiding research, practice, and policy. With more than 200 entries, it covers the biological, psychological, social, and economic aspects of health and aging and impacts within the health-care system. This Encyclopedia also focuses heavily on geriatrics with respect to geriatric syndromes and common diseases of aging.
Key features includes:
Addresses a full spectrum of topics including acute illness, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement, economic dependency, health care costs, health promotion, hospice care, long-term care, medications, nursing homes, optimal aging, public policy, quality of life, spousal care-giving, widowhood, and much more
Discusses landmark studies such as Duke Longitudinal Studies, the Established Populations for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly, Health and Retirement Study, and the National Long Term Care Survey, as well as important programs including Social Security, Meals on Wheels, and Medicaid/Medicare
Offers cross-disciplinary coverage with contributions from the fields of gerontology, epidemiology, health psychology, biology, sociology, health and medicine, and public policy
Provides health and aging issues from around the world including Mexico, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
Includes a list of 45 online resources on health and aging
The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging is a must-have reference for any academic as it appeals to a broad audience such as scholars within programs of gerontology and health, graduate students, members of the media, policy makers and healthcare advocates, and the general reader.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Editorial Board.
List of Entries.
Reader's Guide.
About the Editor.
Contributors.
Introduction.
1: Accelerated Aging Syndromes.
2: Active Life Expectancy.
3: Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living.
4: Advance Directives.
5: Adverse Drug Reactions.
6: Adverse Drug Withdrawal Events.
7: Advocacy Organizations.
8: Africa.
9: African Americans.
10: Age-Period-Cohort Distinctions.
11: Age-Related Changes in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.
12: Aging in Manitoba Longitudinal Study.
13: Aging Network.
14: Agitation.
15: Alcohol Use and Abuse.
16: Allostatic Load and Homeostasis.
17: Alzheimer's Disease.
18: Anabolic Therapies.
19: Anemia.
20: Aneurysms.
21: Anti-Aging Interventions.
22: Anxiety Disorders.
23: Apolipoprotein E.
24: Arrhythmias.
25: Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases.
26: Asia.
27: Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
28: Assisted Living.
29: Assistive Devices.
30: Australia and New Zealand.
31: Balance.
32: Behavioral Disorders in Dementia.
33: Bereavement and Grief.
34: Biological Theories of Aging.
35: Biomarkers of Aging.
36: Body Composition.
37: Body Mass Index.
38: Calcium Disorders of Aging.
39: Canada.
40: Cancer.
41: Cancer, Common Types of.
42: Cancer Prevention and Screening.
43: Cardiovascular Health Study.
44: Cardiovascular System.
45: Caregiving.
46: Cataracts.
47: Cellulitis.
48: Centenarians.
49: Clinical Trials.
50: Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
51: Compression of Morbidity.
52: Congestive Heart Failure.
53: Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease.
54: Continuum of Care.
55: Control.
56: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
57: Critical Perspectives in Gerontology.
58: Death, Dying, and Hospice Care.
59: Delirium and Confusional States.
60: Demography of Aging.
61: Depression and Other Mood Disorders.
62: Diabetes.
63:
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