Self Care in Later Life : Research, Program, and Policy Issues.
"This volume is uncontestably the most comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject of self-care available to date. It should set the stage for a new policy perspective on building a health care system that incorporates self-care at its core."--Lowell S. Levin, Yale School of Public...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co.,
1998.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780826196958 0826196950 128180603X 9781281806031 9786611806033 6611806032 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Nature, Extent, and Modifiability of Self-Care Behaviors in Later Life; 1 The Patterns of Self-Care Among Older Adults in Western Industrialized Societies; 2 Dynamics and Processes of Self-Care in Old Age; 3 The Research Basis for the Design and Implementation of Self-Care Programs; 4 Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions for Promoting Self-Care Behaviors Among Older Adults; 5 Enhancing Self-Care Research: Exploring the Theoretical Underpinnings of Self-Care.