{"product_id":"extending-life-enhancing-life-institute-of-medicine-9780309043991","title":"Extending Life, Enhancing Life: A National Research Agenda on Aging","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmericans are living longer than ever before. For many, though, these extra years have become a bitter gift, marred by dementia, disability, and loss of independence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExtending Life, Enhancing Life\u003c\/i\u003e sets the course toward practical solutions to these problems by specifying 15 research priorities in five key areas of investigation: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBasic biomedicine--To understand the fundamental processes of aging.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClinical--To intervene against common disabilities and maladies of older persons.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBehavioral and social--To build on past successes with behavioral and social interventions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHealth services delivery--To seek answers to the troubling issues of insufficient delivery of health care in the face of increasing health care costs.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBiomedical ethics--To clarify underlying ethical guidelines about life and death decisions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost important, the volume firmly establishes the connection between research and its beneficial results for the quality of life for older persons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Promotion and Disease,Committee on a National Research Agenda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309043999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309043991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Institute of Medicine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48742212206847,"sku":"9780309043991","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/extending-life-enhancing-life-institute-of-medicine-9780309043991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}