Processing of Medical Information in Aging Patients: Cognitive and Human Factors Perspectives

by Denise C. Park and Kim Shifren

This volume focuses on understanding the impact of age-related decline in cognitive abilities on medical decisions and compliance with medical instructions. It examines how medical information and the medical environment can be restructured to accommodate the decreased cognitive function associated with aging. Although the issues discussed in this book are of critical importance in providing effective health care, they have been largely neglected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805828893
• ISBN13: 9780805828894
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"