Health in Old Age: Myth, Mystery and Management Book

	List of tables and figures
	Series editor's preface
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
Pt. I	The health context	1
1	The mirage of health	3
2	Lay logic	18
3	Patterns of health and illness among older people	33
Pt. II	Experiencing health	55
4	Understanding chronic illness and disability	57
5	Maintaining health with physical illness and functional disability	70
6	Maintaining health with mental malaise	90
Pt. III	Resources for health	109
7	Health care and the management of health	111
8	Personal resources and social support	130
9	A healthy future for old age	148
	Bibliography	164
	Index	176