The aging individual physical and psychological perspectives
Continuing in the tradition of the first edition, Whitbourne's identity process model serves to integrate the physiological with a psychological perspective. The effects of physical changes on the individual are examined in terms of identity, as well as the impact of identity on the interpretat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer
c2002.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798506606719 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Models of Identity and the Aging Process; 2 Who Are the Aged?; 3 How Aging Is Studied; 4 Aging of Appearance and Mobility; 5 Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems; 6 Physiological Control Systems I: Digestive, Excretory, and Endocrine Systems; 7 Physiological Control Systems II: Reproductive, Autonomic, and Immune Systems; 8 Dementia and Normal Age Changes in the Brain; 9 Chronic Diseases and Health; 10 Sensory and Perceptual Processes; 11 Concluding Observations: Identity and the Biopsychosocial Perspective Revisited; References; Index
