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Aging as Fate and Challenge: The Influence of Social, Biological and Psychological Factors

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“Our life expectancy is dependent on our life-style. Life expectancy does not only mean length of life, but also quality of life. It does not count how old one will become, but how one will become old.” (Schaefer 1979)

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Heidelberg, P.O. Box 59 70, D-6800, Mannheim, Germany

    Heinz Häfner (Professor of Psychiatry, Director) (Professor of Psychiatry, Director)

  2. Central Institute of Mental Health, P.O. Box 59 70, D-6800, Mannheim, Germany

    Heinz Häfner (Professor of Psychiatry, Director) (Professor of Psychiatry, Director)

  3. Department of Medical Sociology, Central Institute of Mental Health, P.O. Box 59 70, D-6800, Mannheim, Germany

    Günther Moschel (Chairman) (Chairman)

  4. Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland

    Norman Sartorius (Director) (Director)

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Lehr, U. (1986). Aging as Fate and Challenge: The Influence of Social, Biological and Psychological Factors. In: Häfner, H., Moschel, G., Sartorius, N. (eds) Mental Health in the Elderly. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70958-6_7

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