Title: Religion, health, and aging :
Authors: Koenig, Harold G.; Smiley, Mona.; Gonzales, Jo Ann Ploch.
Date: 1988
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Physical description: xi, 228 pages : charts ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Measurement of religion, mental, and physical health -- 3. Religious beliefs and mental health -- 4. Religious beliefs and physical health -- 5. Religious ritual and mental health -- 6. Religious ritual and physical health -- 7. Religious experience, mental, and physical health -- 8. Religion and a social stress model -- 9. Case studies -- 10. The social gerontologist's perspective / Barbara Payne -- 11. The physician's perspective / Harold George Koenig -- 12. A ministerial perspective / Mona Smiley -- 13. Implications for clinicians and avenues for future research.
Notes: "Other publications and references": p. [213]-217. Includes indexes.
Subject headings (LCSH): Health--Religious aspects.; Older people--Health and hygiene.; Older people--Religious life.