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Women and Aging

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Aging is a poorly understood phenomenon, both physiologically and psychosocially. Our ignorance reflects our youth-oriented society and its massive avoidance of the subject of aging and death. It accounts for the persistence of the many myths, prejudices, and stereotypes associated with the aging process.

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Edinburg, G.M. (1982). Women and Aging. In: Nadelson, C.C., Notman, M.T. (eds) The Woman Patient. Women in Context: Development and Stresses. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9242-6_11

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