Full Description
The fear of death may translate into the desire for longevity. However, longevity is a true blessing only if it is coupled with good health. Healthiness, in today's expectation, is not simply a disease free state. Rather, it is very much a state of wellbeing and competence, both physically and socially. While Oriental medicine emphasizes on the promotion of physiological balance and internal balance as an integral requirement for longevity, other cultures also have various sophisticated concepts and orientations. This book successfully collates all the different views and approaches from Austria, Russia, China and Japan in the exploration of Health, Wellbeing, Competence and Aging.
Contents
Chinese Medicine Has a Lot to Offer (P C Leung); Extended View of a Bio-Psycho-Socio-Eco-Cultural Model and the Self-Understanding of Western Medicine and New Public Health (W Kofler); The Hong Kong Cadenza Philosophy (J Woo); Longevity, Life Satisfaction, Money and Aging (D Schnaiter); The "Understanding Between Generations" - A Practicable Way to Help Create a Society Fit for All Ages (C Erhart et al.); The Life as a Struggle for Immortality: History of Ideas in Russian Gerontology (with Immunoneuroendocrine Bias) (L P Churilov); Promoting Elderly Health in Hong Kong: Strategy and Action (W M Chan); Integrative Medicine and Anti-Aging in Japan (K Atsumi); Medical Resonance Therapy Music (E Hon); Neuroscience and Meditation (T M C Lee et al.); Shaolin Mind - Body Exercise as a Neurophyschological Intervention (A S Chan); Applications of Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy for Quality Control in Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine - An Overview (C Huck).
