Electronic Books

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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing

This book provides insight on how to interpret capability in ageing – one’s individual ability to perform actions in ...

Aging Well

Outlines the challenges of supporting the health and wellbeing of older adults around the world and offers examples of solutions ...

Alzheimer: 100 Years and Beyond

Few medical or scientific addresses have so unmistakeably made history as the presentation delivered by Alois Alzheimer on ...

Alzheimer's Disease / Kareem Alnokari ; Batoul Alkabsh ; Hana Sharaf ; Rawan Alkhan

Alzheimer is a disease which has not a cure yet, and about 10% of the population worldwide will suffer from it. However younger ...

Basic Guide to Oral Health Education and Promotion, 3rd Edition / Alison Chapman, Simon H. Felton

An essential guide to help dental nurses prepare for a qualification in Oral Health Education and thereafter practice as ...

Brain and Heart Dynamics

Despite the increasing awareness that neural mechanisms are the primary cause of cardiac disease and its progression, therapy ...

Care in Healthcare

This book examines the concept of care and care practices in healthcare from the interdisciplinary perspectives of continental ...

Care-Related Quality of Life in Old Age : Concepts, Models and Empirical Findings

Care-Related Quality of Life in Old Age explains the theory behind Care Keys, its methodology, empirical findings, and practical ...

Competence Assessment in Dementia

The increasing proportion of demented elderly in populations, debates over patient's rights and autonomy, and the growing ...

Competence and Vulnerability in Biomedical Research

In this book, the author develops a novel justificatory framework for making judgments of decisional competence to consent ...

Diagnostic Criteria in Neurology

The criteria cover a wide spectrum of neurological conditions whose diagnosis does not depend solely on histopathology (e.g., ...

Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Brain

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging is widely accepted as a means to identify stroke, thus enabling rapid and effective treatment. ...

Enabling the City : Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Encounters in Research and Practice

Focuses on how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes of knowledge production may contribute to urban transformation ...

Estrogen Effects in Psychiatric Disorders

A number of studies, mostly focusing on estrogen replacement therapy in women, have reported beneficial actions of these ...

Genotype - Proteotype - Phenotype Relationships in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Improved understanding of role of protein dysmetabolism in neurodegeneration promises to improve diagnoses, facilitate the ...

Handbook of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies with Older Adults

The book enhances the professional’s understanding of the learning and self regulating capacities of older adults. Its ...

Health and Wellbeing in Late Life

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to provide a holistic understanding of late old age, and situates the aged person ...

Longer Life and Healthy Aging

The focus of this book is on theoretical issues and empirical findings related to trends and determinants of healthy aging, ...

Longevity and Frailty

The articles contained in this book are the outcome of a colloquium sponsored by Fondation IPSEN in which interdisciplinary ...

Oral Health and Aging / Christie-Michele Hogue, Jorge G. Ruiz

Provides a comprehensive review of the assessment and management of older people’s oral health care needs. Discussing recent ...

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