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    Toward healthy aging : human needs & nursing response / Priscilla Ebersole [and others].

    • Title:Toward healthy aging : human needs & nursing response / Priscilla Ebersole [and others].
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Ebersole, Priscilla.
    • Published/Created:St. Louis, Mo. ; London : Mosby Elsvier, ©2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Geriatric nursing.
    • Medical Subjects: Geriatric Nursing.
      Aging--Nurses' Instruction.
    • Edition:7th ed.
    • Description:xix, 727 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
    • Notes:Previous ed.: published as by Priscilla Ebersole, Patricia Hess and Ann Schmidt Luggen. 2003.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780323047302 (hbk.)
      0323047300 (hbk.)
    • Contents:Ch. 1. Gerontological Nursing and an Aging Society
      Ch. 2. Theories of Aging
      Ch. 3. Health and Wellness
      Ch. 4. Physiological Changes with Aging
      Ch. 5. Laboratory Values and Diagnostics
      Ch. 6. Health Assessment in Gerontological Nursing
      Ch. 7. Managing Basic Physiological Needs
      Ch. 8. Biological Maintenance Needs
      Ch. 9. Nutritional Needs
      Ch. 10. Chronic Disease in Late Life
      Ch. 11. Pain and Comfort
      Ch. 12. Geropharmacology
      Ch. 13. Use of Herbs and Supplements in Late Life
      Ch. 14. Sensory Function
      Ch. 15. Mobility
      Ch. 16. Environmental Safety and Security
      Ch. 17. Economic, Residential, and Legal Issues
      Ch. 18. Frailty, Vulnerability, and Elder Mistreatment
      Ch. 19. Intimacy and Sexuality in Late Life
      Ch. 20. Relationships, Roles, and Transitions
      Ch. 21. Culture, Gender, and Aging
      Ch. 22. Nursing and Aging in Rural and Frontier Settings
      Ch. 23. Cognition and Caring for Persons with Cognitive Impairment
      Ch. 24. Stress, Crises, and Health in Aging
      Ch. 25. Emotional Health in Late Life
      Ch. 26. Loss, Death, and Dying in Late Life
      Ch. 27. Self-Actualization, Spirituality, and Transcendence.
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