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Theology and epidemiology as complementary perspectives on aging
Author(s)Peter H Van Ness
Journal titleJournal of Religious Gerontology, vol 15, no 3, 2003
Pagespp 25-40
SourceHaworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. http://www.HaworthPress.com
KeywordsTheology ; Health services ; Health [elderly] ; Ageing process.
AnnotationThe religiousness of individuals and communities can be effective resources for healthcare practitioners serving older Americans. Such effectiveness can be more fully realised if theology and epidemiology are recognised as complementary ways of understanding ageing and health. The ways in which theologians and epidemiologists can be complementary consist of the different modalities of hope they engender, the different types of preferential recollection they exercise, and the different stages of life they address. The complementarity of theology and epidemiology is dependent upon a spiritual but not supernatural conception of the relationship between health and religion. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-040929209 A
ClassmarkOWB: L: CC: BG

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