Aging with grace : what the nun study teaches us about leading longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives / David Snowdon.
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TextPublication details: New York : Bantam Books, c2001.Description: 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0553801635
- 9780553801637
- 9780553380927
- 0553380923
- Older people -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
- Aging -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
- Nuns -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
- Alzheimer's disease -- Prevention
- School Sisters of Notre Dame
- School Sisters of Notre Dame
- Alzheimer Disease -- epidemiology -- United States
- Longitudinal Studies -- United States
- Aged -- United States
- Aged, 80 and over -- United States
- Aging -- United States
- Attitude to Health -- United States
- Clergy -- United States
- Women's Health -- United States
- 305.26/0973 21
- HQ1064.U5 S5936 2001
- 2001 G-798
- WT 155
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-223) and index.
Prologue : Other words -- ch. 1. The road to Good Counsel Hill -- ch. 2. The last nun standing -- ch. 3. Gray matters -- ch. 4. The Greatest gift -- ch. 5. A tale of two sisters -- ch. 6. Amazing brains -- ch. 7. One with the words -- ch. 8. Family ties -- ch. 9. The heart of the matter -- ch. 10. Our daily bread -- ch. 11. Up and grateful -- ch. 12. The hundred-year marathon -- Recommended reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the nun study -- About the School Sisters of Notre Dame -- About the author.
Snowden discusses the findings from the first 15 years of studying a population of 678 nuns.
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