The Aging Individual: Physical and Psychological Perspectives, 2nd Edition

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 14
1 Models of Identity and the Aging Process......Page 16
2 Who Are the Aged?......Page 37
3 How Aging Is Studied......Page 60
4 Aging of Appearance and Mobility......Page 90
5 Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems......Page 120
6 Physiological Control Systems I: Digestive, Excretory, and Endocrine Systems......Page 140
7 Physiological Control Systems II: Reproductive, Autonomic, and Immune Systems......Page 168
8 Dementia and Normal Age Changes in the Brain......Page 200
9 Chronic Diseases and Health......Page 240
10 Sensory and Perceptual Processes......Page 278
11 Concluding Observations: Identity and the Biopsychosocial Perspective Revisited......Page 325
References......Page 336
A......Page 384
C......Page 385
D......Page 386
F......Page 387
I......Page 388
M......Page 389
P......Page 390
S......Page 391
T......Page 392
Z......Page 393