Aging with grace
Subtitle: what the nun study teaches us about leading longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives
By: David Snowdon
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780553801637
Subjects: Aging; Health and hygiene; Longitudinal studies; Prévention; Nuns; Aged, 80 and over; Women's Health; Santé et hygiène; Clergy; Alzheimer's disease; Attitude to Health; Études longitudinales; Alzheimer, Maladie d'; Aged; Alzheimer Disease; Longitudinal Studies; School Sisters of Notre Dame; Personnes âgées; Epidemiology; Prevention; Older people; Vieillissement; Religieuses
Description: Snowden discusses the findings from the first 15 years of studying a population of 678 nuns.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-223) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue :; title: Other words -- -- ch. 1.; title: The road to Good Counsel Hill -- -- ch. 2.; title: The last nun standing -- -- ch. 3.; title: Gray matters -- -- ch. 4.; title: The Greatest gift -- -- ch. 5.; title: A tale of two sisters -- -- ch. 6.; title: Amazing brains -- -- ch. 7.; title: One with the words -- -- ch. 8.; title: Family ties -- -- ch. 9.; title: The heart of the matter -- -- ch. 10.; title: Our daily bread -- -- ch. 11.; title: Up and grateful -- -- ch. 12.; title: The hundred-year marathon --; title: Recommended reading --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Index --; title: About the nun study --; title: About the School Sisters of Notre Dame --; title: About the author.