Economic and social implications of aging societies

S Harper - Science, 2014 - science.org
The challenge of global population aging has been brought into sharper focus by the
financial crisis of 2008. In particular, growing national debt has drawn government attention …

The decision to retire early: A review and conceptualization

DC Feldman - Academy of management review, 1994 - journals.aom.org
This article explores three interconnected decisions related to early retirement-the decision
whether to leave a long-term job prior to age 65. the decision whether to accept bridge …

Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

T Vos, AD Flaxman, M Naghavi, R Lozano, C Michaud… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Non-fatal health outcomes from diseases and injuries are a crucial
consideration in the promotion and monitoring of individual and population health. The …

Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease Study 2010

JA Salomon, H Wang, MK Freeman, T Vos… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Healthy life expectancy (HALE) summarises mortality and non-fatal outcomes in
a single measure of average population health. It has been used to compare health between …

[图书][B] Self-efficacy: Thought control of action

R Schwarzer - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Self-efficacy: Thought control of action Page 2 Self-Efficacy Page 3 This page intentionally left
blank Page 4 SELF-EFFICACY: THOUGHT CONTROL OF ACTION Edited by Ralf Schwarzer …

[图书][B] Rethinking old age: Theorising the fourth age

P Higgs, C Gilleard - 2017 - books.google.com
With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age
as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the …

The relation of the chronic disease epidemic to the health care crisis

HR Holman - ACR open rheumatology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, some 50% of the US population has a chronic disease, creating an epidemic, and
86% of health care costs are attributable to chronic disease. The medical profession and its …

The fourth stage of the epidemiologic transition: the age of delayed degenerative diseases

SJ Olshansky, AB Ault - The Milbank Quarterly, 1986 - JSTOR
Gains in longevity in the United States since the midnineteenth century occurred as a result
of an epidemiologic transition: deaths from infectious diseases were replaced by deaths …

Medical power and social knowledge

BS Turner - 1995 - torrossa.com
In 1987 when Medical Power and Social Knowledge first appeared, medical sociology did
not have a sophisticated or systematic theoretical framework or tradition. Medical sociology …

[图书][B] The changing body: health, nutrition, and human development in the western world since 1700

R Floud, RW Fogel, B Harris, SC Hong - 2011 - books.google.com
Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives
than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists …