This article reviews the relation between social support and elder health, the social-support dimensions of religion, the relation between church attendance and elder health, the place of religion in the biopsychosocial model of medicine, and medical education's position on physician-patient communication about religion. It then examines the emergence of the topic of religion in actual visits. ...

BACKGROUND Elder abuse is a pervasive human right and public health issue. OBJECTIVES We aimed to examine the mortality associated with elder abuse across levels of psychological and social factors. METHODS The Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP) is a prospective population-based cohort study that began in 1993. A subset of these participants enrolled between 1993 and 2005 had elder abu...

ALAN HIGGITT AND REDMOND SMITH From the Glaucoma Clinic, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London Director of Research: Sir Stewart Duke-Elder LITTLE attention has been paid to the effect of reading on the tension of the glaucomatous eye. The first brief reference to the subject is by Gradle (1931): The reading test is still less likely to be positive (than the water-drinking test), but...

Stiff finger is a common condition found among the elder population due to various causes. Arthritis being major cause. Among younger age group, it occur usually sequel of trauma. It difficult treat and follow up. Patient cooperation strict adherence exercise routines in paramount for success treatment. The ideal treatment includes release adhesion, active physiotherapy. However, case burns inc...

This dissertation is about how knowledge is constructed in interactions and what knowledge entails in practical social work. It is about how a collective can provide a foundation for the construction and development of knowledge through the interactions contextualized in this study on Swedish elder care, organized by the municipality. This study follows a research tradition that recognizes know...