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Taylor, Carol A. – 1987
The increasing age of the American population and the current emphasis on cost containment in health care make the 1980s an ideal time for building bridges to span the health care needs of elderly persons in acute care and long-term care. While hospitals often discharge patients to nursing homes as an intermediate step between hospitalization and…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Clinical Diagnosis, Health Needs, Hospitals
Download full textCrystal, Stephen; Jackson, Marguerite – 1989
As with other illnesses, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a socially constructed phenomenon, not simply a biological entity. Biologically, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection causes immunosuppression, which in turn causes a spectrum of disease states. The official definition of AIDS by the Centers for Disease Control requires…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adjustment (to Environment), Definitions, Health Insurance
White House Conference on Aging, Washington, DC. – 1981
This document contains the 18 papers on health-related and medical care issues of the elderly that were presented at the 1981 White House Conference on Aging. The materials focus on the following topics: physical mobility, death, heart disease, nutrition, injury, senile dementia, post-menopausaul women, gerontological nursing, learning and memory,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Anthologies, Geriatrics, Health Needs
