Faith in the future : religion, aging, and healthcare / Harold G. Koenig and Douglas Lawson, with Malcolm McConnell.
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TextPublication details: Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, 2004.Description: 216 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 1932031359 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- Older people -- Medical care -- United States -- Religious aspects
- Religious health facilities -- United States
- Aging -- United States -- Religious aspects
- Pastoral medicine -- United States
- Medicine -- United States -- Religious aspects
- Public health -- United States -- Forecasting
- Population -- Health aspects -- United States
- Health services accessibility -- Aged -- United States
- Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Aged -- United States
- Medical care, Cost of -- Aged -- United States
- Health Services Needs and Demand -- Aged -- United States
- Health Services for the Aged -- United States
- Social Support -- Aged -- United States
- RA564.8 .K625 2004
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Our aging population : the dilemma and challenge -- Spiraling healthcare costs -- Healthcare institutions : financial pressures, innovative opportunities -- Prevention, healthy living, and wellness -- Religion, aging, and health -- Religion and the long tradition of caring for the sick -- Religious congregations and retirement communities as support networks -- Successful aging and purpose-filled retirement : the mutual benefits of volunteering -- What "caring" for the elderly truly entails -- The partnership of government, philanthropy, and faith-based communities -- Practical steps for putting faith into action.
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