Overcoming barriers to successful aging. Self-management of osteoarthritis

Maintaining a full and independent life is the essence of successful aging. In the process of aging, health-related events occur that compromise one's activities or even one's independence. Successful reversal of, or compensation for, those events is a component of successful aging. Osteoa...

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Published in:	The Western journal of medicine Vol. 167; no. 4; pp. 265 - 268
Main Authors:	Holman, H R, Lorig, K R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01-10-1997 BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:	Adaptation, Psychological Aged Aging Aging - psychology Attitude to Health Care and treatment Chronic Disease Female Health aspects Humans Male Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis - etiology Osteoarthritis - psychology Osteoarthritis - therapy Physician-Patient Relations Quality of Life United States United States
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Summary:	Maintaining a full and independent life is the essence of successful aging. In the process of aging, health-related events occur that compromise one's activities or even one's independence. Successful reversal of, or compensation for, those events is a component of successful aging. Osteoarthritis, a prototypic chronic disease, is such an event. Essentially incurable, it compromises comfort, physical function, and sometimes independence. In this article we address the ways in which patients, physicians, and other health professionals, working together, can minimize or prevent the harmful consequences of osteoarthritis.
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ISSN:	0093-0415 1476-2978