HLTC22H3 Lecture Notes - Hyperbolic Geometry, Cardiovascular Disease, Prevalence

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20 Oct 2012
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Health, illness and optimal aging: biological and psychosocial perspectives. Psychosocial gerontologists focus on describing what happens cognitively, emotionally and socially as we age, with a view toward identifying factors that promote positive aging or increase the risk of negative aging. It is important to recognize that aging is not necessarily associated with unmitigated pain and suffering and that older adults can enjoy good physical and mental health and be cognitively intact. Gerontology is unique among the scientific disciplines in that, since its inception, it has recognized that interdisciplinary endeavours are required for understanding the aging process. Biogerontology has greatly increased our understanding of the genetic and cellular mechanisms of aging, but the disciplines of psychology, sociology, and anthropology are also essential for understanding both the process and ramifications of aging. In epidemiology and the social sciences, findings may vary across time, and accepted results that are true for one cohort may not hold for another.

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