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The Ageing Population

Burden or Challenge?

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Nicholas Wells

    1. Office of Health Economics, UK

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  2. Charles Freer

    1. University of Southampton, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Ageing Population: Burden?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Old Myths: Frequent Misconceptions about the Elderly

      • Charles Freer
      Pages 3-15

    3. Arguments about Ageing: Long Life and its Consequences

      • Mike Bury
      Pages 17-31

    4. The Elderly Today. 1: An Economic Audit

      • Ken Wright
      Pages 33-51

    5. The Elderly Today. 2: A Social Audit

      • Mark Abrams
      Pages 53-64

    6. Geriatric Medicine Today

      • Michael Hall
      Pages 65-86

    7. Demographic and Health Trends in the Elderly

      • Michael Alderson
      Pages 87-102

  3. The Challenge of Providing for the Elderly

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. The Elderly as Members of Society: An Examination of Social Differences in an Elderly Population

      • Rex Taylor
      Pages 105-129

    3. The Role of the Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

      • David Hobman
      Pages 131-141

    4. The Role of the General Practitioner and the Primary Health Care Team

      • Charles Freer, Idris Williams
      Pages 143-153

    5. The Nurse’s Role in Health Promotion and Preventive Health Care of the Elderly

      • Karen Luker
      Pages 155-161

    6. New Horizons in Hospital-based Care

      • Peter Millard
      Pages 163-175

    7. The Elderly and High Technology Therapies

      • Bryan Jennett
      Pages 177-190

    8. The Community Care Approach: An Innovation in Home Care by Social Services Departments

      • David Challis, Bleddyn Davies
      Pages 191-202

    9. Living Environments for the Elderly. 1: Living at Home

      • Muir Gray
      Pages 203-216

    10. Living Environments for the Elderly. 2: Promoting the ‘Right’ Institutional Environment

      • Sheila Peace
      Pages 217-234

    11. Living Environments for the Elderly. 3: The Mixed Economy in Long-term Care

      • William Laing
      Pages 235-248

    12. Economic Resources and Ageing

      • Alan Maynard
      Pages 249-260
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Office of Health Economics, UK

    Nicholas Wells

  • University of Southampton, UK

    Charles Freer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ageing Population

  • Book Subtitle: Burden or Challenge?

  • Editors: Nicholas Wells, Charles Freer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19093-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editors and the Contributors 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-45313-1Published: 01 March 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19093-5Published: 01 March 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 270

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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