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 ...

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Aging Well

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

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Alzheimer: 100 Years and Beyond

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Brain and Heart Dynamics

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

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Care in Healthcare

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

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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 ...

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Competence Assessment in Dementia

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

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Competence and Vulnerability in Biomedical Research

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

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Diagnostic Criteria in Neurology

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

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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. ...

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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 ...

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Estrogen Effects in Psychiatric Disorders

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

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Genotype - Proteotype - Phenotype Relationships in Neurodegenerative Diseases

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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Longevity and Frailty

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

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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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