Overview
- Reviews classical epidemiological and clinical research focusing on aging
- Presents refreshing ideas and concepts in health research
- Supports research on one of the great world challenges, of aging population
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book reviews classical epidemiological and clinical research studies, with a focus on aging. Chapters cover methodological topics like the scientific method, ethics, and the consequences of certain exclusion criteria and the work includes a look at clinical concepts like multi morbidity, frailty and functionality. The authors reveal the issues and challenges for researchers of age and aging, and also consider the translation of scientific knowledge, from basic to clinical and from clinical to public policies of social and health care.
The focus on aging is what gives this book its valuable perspective on research methodology. All authors have considerable experience in aging, geriatrics or gerontology and each chapter includes both a theoretical framework and practical examples of studies in aging. Readers will discover study designs that are reviewed for basic structure, main flaws and advantages and are analyzed for specific conditions and variables regarding aging.
This text is suited to both health care professionals caring for older adults and researchers who are new to research in aging. It is relevant across the disciplines, including medicine, psychology, social sciences and dentistry and it supports learning with graphs and figures.
Reviews
“The editors have compiled classic epidemiological and clinical research studies about the aging population in this book. … The book is written for several audiences, including undergraduate and postgraduate students with an interest in aging research and senior researchers who are interested in conducting research on this population.” (Michalene A. King, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aging Research - Methodological Issues
Editors: Carmen García-Peña, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18323-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 149
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedicine general, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Aging, Science Education, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Psychology, general