Geriatrics
Author : Malford Wilcox Thewlis
Publisher :
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,16 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Electronic books
ISBN :
GERIATRICS A TREATISE ON SENIL
Author : Malford Wilcox 1889 Thewlis
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,57 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781362584124
Book Description
Geriatrics; a Treatise on Senile Conditions, Diseases of Advanced Life, and Care of the Aged
Author : Malford Wilcox Thewlis
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781017550924
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Future Directions for the Demography of Aging
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,73 MB
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309474108
Book Description
Almost 25 years have passed since the Demography of Aging (1994) was published by the National Research Council. Future Directions for the Demography of Aging is, in many ways, the successor to that original volume. The Division of Behavioral and Social Research at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to produce an authoritative guide to new directions in demography of aging. The papers published in this report were originally presented and discussed at a public workshop held in Washington, D.C., August 17-18, 2017. The workshop discussion made evident that major new advances had been made in the last two decades, but also that new trends and research directions have emerged that call for innovative conceptual, design, and measurement approaches. The report reviews these recent trends and also discusses future directions for research on a range of topics that are central to current research in the demography of aging. Looking back over the past two decades of demography of aging research shows remarkable advances in our understanding of the health and well-being of the older population. Equally exciting is that this report sets the stage for the next two decades of innovative researchâ€"a period of rapid growth in the older American population.
Aging and Self-Realization
Author : Hanne Laceulle
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3839444225
Book Description
Dominant cultural narratives about later life dismiss the value senior citizens hold for society. In her cultural-philosophical critique, Hanne Laceulle outlines counter narratives that acknowledge both potentials and vulnerabilities of later life. She draws on the rich philosophical tradition of thought about self-realization and explores the significance of ethical concepts essential to the process of growing old such as autonomy, authenticity and virtue. These counter narratives aim to support older individuals in their search for a meaningful age identity, while they make society recognize its senior members as valued participants and moral agents of their own lives.
Aging between Participation and Simulation
Author : Joschka Haltaufderheide
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3110677482
Book Description
With increasing urgency, decisions about the digitalized future of healthcare and implementations of new assistive technologies are becoming focal points of societal and scientific debates and addresses large audiences. Decisions require a careful weighing of risks and benefits and contextualizing in-depth ethical analysis with robust empirical data. However, up to now, research on social assistive technologies is mostly dispersed over different academic fields and disciplines. A comprehensive overview on discussions regarding values at stake and ethical assessment of recent developments especially in healthcare is largely missing. This publication initiates an interdisciplinary discourse on ethical, legal and social implications of socially assistive technologies in healthcare. Contributions include perspectives from nursing science, social sciences, philosophy, medical ethics, economics and law to present an – to our knowledge – first and comprehensive overview on different aspects of the use and implementation of socially assistive technologies from an ethical perspective. It combines practically relevant insights and examples from current research and development with ethical analysis to uncover exemplary moral tipping points between promotion of participation or well-being and risks and damages to these values. Healthcare professionals involved in implementation of smart technologies as well as scholars from the field of humanities, nursing and medicine, interested in the discussions on ethics and technology in healthcare, will benefit from this new contribution. The publication is part of the international DigitAs conference "Aging between Participation and Simulation – Ethical Dimensions of Socially Assistive Technologies" held at the Institute of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine (Ruhr University Bochum) from 4 February to 8 February 2019. Within this framework, twelve young scholars were invited to discuss their contributions with renowned experts in the field. The Institute of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine is one of the leading institutes in empirically informed ethical analysis in healthcare and medicine and is a member of the European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME).
Closing of the American Mind
Author : Allan Bloom
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 17,11 MB
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1439126267
Book Description
The brilliant, controversial, bestselling critique of American culture that “hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy” (The New York Times)—now featuring a new afterword by Andrew Ferguson in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition. In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that “hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy” (The New York Times) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites. Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Bloom’s argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today.
Albion's Seed
Author : David Hackett Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 981 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 1991-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 019974369X
Book Description
This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,27 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Prosthodontics
ISBN :
Book Description
The Ageless Generation
Author : Alex Zhavoronkov
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0230342205
Book Description
An assessment of recent advances in biomedical science evaluates their potential role in shaping the future of health care, retirement, and the global economy.
