Geriatrics

Minneapolis, MN: Geriatrics, 1949. "Selected articles from 'Geriatrics' - America's Pioneer Journal in the Medical Treatment of the Aging and Elderly." Contains 11 articles covering a range of medical conditions. Cover has soils and corner-curling. Wear to spine ends.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good +/No Jacket. more information

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Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973. The Two-Volume Final Report of the Proceedings of the 1971 White House Conference on Aging, held November 28-December 2 in Washington, DC. Illustrated. Covers have minor marks.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -. Ex-Seminary Library. more information

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1982. Written "pursuant to S. Res. 45, March 3, 1981 - Resolution Authorizing a Study of the Problems of the Aged and Aging". 97th Congress, 2d Session, Rept. 97-314, Volume 2 of the US Senate. 331 pages. Previous owner's name on top of front cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. Addresses the contemporary lot of older people, as well as examining "the American experience since 1790" in terms of the aged. With notes section, bibliography and index. Light edgewear to dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. more information

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Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1980. "A pilot study in the possibilities and limits of care, based on a European cross-national research project", including the countries of Austria, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, and Yugoslavia. Addresses systems of open care for the elderly and their connexions with other areas of social welfare. Light exterior soils.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1985. Covers the practice of geriatric medicine, the biology of human aging, the epidemiology of human aging, behavioral and social aspects of aging, the physician and the elderly patient, cardinal manifestations of aging and disease, biological considerations in the approach to geriatric medicine, and diseases of the organ systems. 992 pages. Light exterior marks.. First Edition. Very Good +/No Jacket. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: Columbia University Press, 1950. The Proceedings of the Eastern States Health Education Conference, held March 31- April 1, 1949. Addresses the problems of aging, the processes of aging, the demographics of this population at the time, patterns of aging, psychologic factors, retirement, and more. With several contributing authors. Light exterior wear and light fading. Previous owner's name plate on FFEP.. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Philadelphia, London and Toronto: W. B. Saunders Co., 1976. Volume 60, Number 6, November 1976 issue of The Medical Clinics of North America, containing 19 articles on various ailments that are prone to afflict the elderly. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. more information

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St Louis, MO: Mosby Year Book, 1992. Structured abstracts from journals in the field of geriatrics and gerontology for the year 1992. Presented under the headings of clinical geriatrics, long-term care, geriatric psychiatry, geriatric neurology, and gerontologic research.. First Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. more information

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NY: New York Academy of Medicine, 1971. Volume 47, Number 11 issue of this journal, with this issue focused on issues of old age. Contains 34 articles by various authors ranging from "On Coming of Age" to "Common Sense in the Intensive Care Unit", to "on Retiring", etc. Light edgewear.. Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1977. Provides an authoritative review and reference on the literature on the psychological and behavioral aspects of aging. 787 pages; indexed. Small rub mark on front and rear cover.. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-Library. more information

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NY & London: Columbia University Press, 1962. Addresses the appearance and nature of clinical diseases in old age, divided into organ systems. Covers endocrinology, metabolism and exercise, psychiatry, the respiratory system, the skeletal system, therapeutics, the peripheral vascular system and atherosclerosis, connective tissue growth and aging, the electroencephalogram in old age and its relation to mental function, and the physician's role in an aging society. 690 pages. Dust jacket has light edgewear.. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good. more information

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Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1973. Addresses the sociology of aging, health and illness among the elderly, psychological and psychaitric aspects of aging, the economics of being old, special programs and strategies, and aging in perspective. Dust jacket has edge chips.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. more information

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Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971. Interprets the various factors associated with the aging process, and the role of the church in dealing with the senior citizen. Yellow highlighting, library markings, bottom corner of front flyleaf has been clipped.. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good -. Ex-Library. more information

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St Louis, MO: The C. V. Mosby Co., 1978. "Readings" on the major issues in gerontology, including developmental tasks, life perspective, sexuality, nutrition, management of grief, etc. Light edgewear.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1960. Presented as "a survey of the problems of older persons and of the solutions for their welfare adopted by societies of Western culture. It attempts to picture the economic and social trends which created the modern problems of aging in industrial socities.". First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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NY, Evanston, San Francisco and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1975. Several pages (around 15 pages) have neat red ink underlining; nickle-sized stain on rear cover. "Angry and thoroughly documented book by a noted gerontologist and psychiatrist, [who] balances the grim reality of what it is like to be old in America against the pieties that deny that reality." A Pulitzer Prizer winner. . Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: Simon and Schuster, 1987. Examines "medical goals in an aging society", written by the Director and co-founder of the Hastings Center, a renown institute for the study of medical ethics. . Review Copy. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. more information

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NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1956. Dust jacket has soils and light edgewear. Gives practical advice on the most basic of all human problems - the problem of maturing. Written by the wife of Dale Carnegie.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Only. more information

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NY, Berlin, Heidelberg, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1984. Volume II covers perspectives on aging, caring for the geriatric patient, legal issues in geriatric medicine, health care systems and geriatric medicine, and research issues in geriatrics.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. more information

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Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1949. Very rare, very limited printing of this highly collectible volume in the field of military medicine. From the first Medical Basic Science Course presented at the Army Medical Department Research and Graduate School in 1948, being copies of the notes prepared for the students - which were not available for general distribution nor for sale, as they were designed primarily for the use of the students in the course. This volume covers the general basic sciences of the allergy response (Merrill W. Chase and John K. Spitznagel); immunology (Michael Heidelberger, John K. Spitznagel and Henry P. Treffers); neoplasia (Harold P. Rusch and Payne S. Harris); biochemistry of drug action (William H. Summerson, John C. Seed and Robert F. Bennett); antibiotics (Edwin J. Pulaski, Robert F. Bennett, Wallace E. Herrell and Robert D. Koler); gerontology (Nathan W. Shock and Philip H. Henneman); the physiological basis of anesthesia (Robert D. Dripps and James W. Brooks); physio-pathological discussion of the lungs (Herbert C. Maier and James W. Brooks); and integrative analysis of the nervous system (Warren S. McCulloch and Leon Eisenberg).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. more information

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Rockville, MD: US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1971. Volume IV is on the Clinical Aspects of Aging, covering the diseases and disorders most relevant to single organ systems, clinical problems closely related to multiple organ systems, and aspects special to the allied health professions. 388 pages. Age-toning of cover; previous owner's name stamp on cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: Harmony Books, 1993. "The quantum alternative to growing old." Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. more information

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NY & London: W. W. Norton & Co., 1997. Offers glimpses into the lives of older persons "who manage, often with difficulty, to hold on - to maintain considerably more than a semblance of their privacy, their independence, their personal sovereignty". Nicely illustrated with photographs.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. Illus. by Harris, Alex and Roma, Thomas. more information

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NY: The John Day Co., 1956. Dust jacket has moderate edgewear. A "practical guide to retirement, based on thousands of actual experiences of retired people, their failures as well as their successes". . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univeristy Press, 1956. Deals with the care of the long-term patient in both home and institution, based in part upon material prepared for the National Conference on Care of the Long-Term Patient held in Chicago in 1954. Addresses patient care issues, financing, rehabilitation settings, staff training and education, etc. Dust jacket has significant edgewear and tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Ex-Library. more information

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1956. US Senate Committee Print. Vol. IX contains "selected documents" which describe research and demonstration programs related to problems of older people and methods of training personnel to serve the needs of the aging and aged. 157 pages.. Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1956. US Senate Committee Print. Vol. I contains "selected documents" on Federal and State activities on the needs of the aged and the aging (pre-Medicare legislation). Includes report of the Conference of State Commissions on Aging and Federal Agencies, held September 8-10, 1952. This 309 page document also includes individual state's activities.. Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1956. US Senate Committee Print. Vol. II contains "selected documents" on the needs of the aged and aging regarding health care, hospital care, mental illness, and chronic illness. 232 page document. . Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1956. US Senate Committee Print. Vol. V contains "selected documents" on the needs of the aged and aging regarding rehabilitation services, housing and living arrangements, education, and community services. 161 page document. . Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1957. US Senate Committee Print. Vol. X contains "selected documents" on state programs for the aging, community health services for older people, state and local planning and coordinating commissions, committees, and councils on aging, etc. 144 pages.. Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Boston: Meador Publishing Co., 1944. "A clean, attractive romance, skillfully interspersed witha philosophy of life, and an art of living that are different", and focused on "youthful longevity". Dust jacket has edgewear and fading. Light pencilling.. Third Printing. Very Good/Good. more information

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Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1963. "Deals specifically with the active clinical care of the elderly disabled. The contents are basically clinical in nature and cover a wide range of problems affecting the restoration of the elderly disabled" including diagnosis, therapeutic exercise, bracing, osteoporosis, and senile gait. Illustrated. Dust jacket has 2" tear across front cover, and other minor edgechips.. First Edition. Very Good +/Fair. more information

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NY: Springer Publishing Co., 1996. Focuses on the nursing role as hospital discharge planner for the older patient.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. more information

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NY: Nelson and Phillips, 1876. "Describing the labors, home life, and closing experiences of a large number of aged representative men and women", illustrated edition. Dedicated to "all old people". Includes stories of individual "old people". Wear to all edges; rear inner hinge starting to crack; light foxing.. 1876 Printing, 1871 First. Good +/No Jacket. more information

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Emmaus, PA: Rodale Books, Inc., 1987. "Plus: A Program for a Year of Rejuvenation." 646 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. more information

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Cover has rub marks, edgewear, and a few small scraped areas; interior is VG+. This work is "a study of old age dependency in the United States and old age pensions". . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. more information

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Chicago, IL: American Medical Association, 1963. Proceedings from a symposium which "presents views of leading citizens on proposals which would cast the Federal Government, for the first time in history, in the role of directly providing hospitalization and other health benefits to a significant portion of the general population". Light exterior wear/soils; pages are age-toned.. First Edition. Very Good -/No Jacket. Ex-Library. more information

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Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Co, 1999. Reference work on general information and practical advice on dealing with elderly individuals (healthy, sick, and dying), and with their families, caregivers, and institutions.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. more information

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Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co., 1985. Explains the progressive brain disorder Alzheimer's disease, gives case histories of victims, and describes the problems faced by their families." Dust jacket has light edgewear.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good -. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: Simon and Schuster, 1993. The noted feminist, Betty Friedan, examines the myths of aging, and demolishes them, offering compelling alternatives for living one's age "as a unique period of life, on its own authentic terms - - age as an adventure!". A few pages have minor ink marks; light exterior soils.. Advanced Review Copy. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1927. "Contains suggestions which attempt to develop in the average reader a desire for maximum physical efficiency and long life", expressing "common sense rules concerning fundamental health subjects".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975. Examines "how medical science can now help restore active, normal lives for the aged by reversing mental and physical decline, including memory loss, heart and lung disease, crippling arthritis, eye and ear disorders, and many other so=called illness of the aged". Dust jacket has soils. Minor corner wear on book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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NY: Stein and Day, 1972. Dust jacket has light wear/rubmarks. Discusses how to prevent "malignant aging".. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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Rockville, MD: National Institute of Mental Health, 1971. "An eleven-year followup biomedical and behavioral study", US DHEW Publication No. (HSM) 71-9037. 144 page report on the subject, covering such topics as mortality in the healthy elderly; psychiatric aspects of adaptation, survival, and death; reflections on human aging; etc. Light exterior soils.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 1980. Brings together "an immense array of research and practical knowledge concerning health and aging", covering such issues as long-term care, assessment of health and aging, the social-psychological context of health and aging, etc. Light exterior wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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Oxford, London, Edinburgh and Melbourne: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1976. Emphasizes those areas of medicine where there are particularly marked or important alterations of symptomatology in the elderly patient, which partly reflects the confusing effects of multiple disease as well as the alteration of responses to physical illness in the elderly.. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good. more information

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1964. Addresses issues related to the increasing numbers of people who are aged and chronically ill, and related issues of "debilitation, senility and [being] exceedingly difficult to handle". With glossary and index. Dust jacket has light wear, residue of previous owner's sticker on spine. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. more information

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NY: Simon and Schuster, 1990. Thirty leading authorities debate the far-reaching consequences of medical progress in an aging society and "The Paradox of Setting Limits". Includes an afterward by Daniel Callahan, Director of the Hastings Center.. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good +. Remainder. more information

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London: H. K. Lewis & Co., Ltd., 1950. Addresses approaches to old age, hemodynamics of old age, diseases associated with old age, geriatrics in general, geriatric rehabilitation, etc. Based on the author's observations during his tenure as Deputy Physician and Surgeon at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. With 9 illustrations.. Second Edition. Very Good +/No Jacket. more information

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