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Interpreting Senility: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
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In general, senility in American society is seen through the lens of biomedicine and conceptualized in terms of physical changes in the person. Research on attitudes about senility in other cultures shows that this is not the only way to conceptualize cognitive change in later life. This article explores cultural aspects related to cognitive change in old age by focusing on ethnographic examples from Japan. I argue that in Japan the social concepts related to defining the person are emphasized when thinking about cognitive change in later life, rather than biomedical concepts associated with ...
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Coupon books help lung association
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; The American Lung Association of Pennsylvania is offering coupon books to help fight lung disease. Each book contains a $41 value...donation. Also, each book includes a free order...Money raised by the books stays in the area for...in Pennsylvania. The books may be purchased at ...
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High-Yield Lung.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Respiratory Care
; ...amount of detail, High-Yield Lung will be useful for students...various levels. Foremost, the book will be useful for 1st and 2nd...comprehensive review of the lung system, but without too much depth. I read the book repeatedly, and it is obvious...other 2nd-year USMLE review books, most of ...
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Lung Transplantation.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Respiratory Care
; Lung Transplantation. Nicholas...lung diseases, very few books have been devoted solely to the subject. For this book the editors assembled...chapter on imaging, the book is very well organized. Part I of this book provides detailed discussion of various lung diseases, including ...
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New Book `New Hope: Avoiding Lung Cancer' Unveiled in Time for Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
PR Newswire
; ...PRNewswire/ -- More people die of lung cancer in the United States than...author of "New Hope: Avoiding Lung Cancer," which is being published...with lung cancer. Griese's book puts sobering facts before the...and males by 13.2 years. The book also points out that people over...
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Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Respiratory Care
; Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease. U Costabel...348 pages, $206. The book series Progress in Respiratory...of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases persist despite...system. Du Bois opens the book's second section with...fibrosis. At the time this book was being published...
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Lung Cancer.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Respiratory Care
; ...Targeted Genetic Therapy for Lung Cancer" provides a review...there features of the book that are less useful...devoted to an overview of lung cancer management, the...diminish the value of the book. This text will be useful...well suited to inform lung cancer care in the ...
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IASLC Textbook of Prevention and Detection of Early Lung Cancer.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Respiratory Care
; ...unlikely to read it in its entirety. The book is intended for physicians and researchers interested in lung cancer, and it is written in a detailed...strength may deter the casual reader. The book starts with an epidemiologic overview...
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Clinical Atlas of Interstitial Lung Disease.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Respiratory Care
; ...Clinical Atlas of Interstitial Lung Disease. Tatjana Peros-Golubcic...299. In the preface of this book the authors focus on the word...this atlas is the first such book in this format on this topic. Though there may be other books about ILD that incorporate aspects...atlas approach throughout this ...
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SURVIVOR SAVORS THE BREATH OF LIFE WOMAN WRITES BOOK, LAUDS ORGAN DONATIONS AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTS.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...began rejecting the donated lungs. Ferris was devastated...got these two beautiful new lungs. How dare my body spit them...the transplant waiting list. Lungs are one of the more difficult...85 percent one year after a lung transplant, higher than the...for the next three days. The book - ...
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Lung Disorders Sourcebook.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Physical Therapy
; ...7808-0339-6, $78. The Lung Disorders Sourcebook provides basic information about the lungs and various types of lung disorders, including clinical...is provided at the end of the book. This book is part of the Health Reference...
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