Relationship Between Social Support and Coping in Patients Undergoing Outpatient Surgery

By the year 2020, it is expected the senior population, 65 and older, will constitute 15.5% of the total U.S. population, or 45 million people (Doty, Korfin, & Weiner, 1985). Within this group, those 85 and older are the fastest growing population segment with improved medical care and technology largely responsible for their increased longevity (Feldstein, 1993). A natural outcome of this longevity is the need to manage both acute and chronic illnesses for this patient population and the costs associated with their care.Air Force Inst of Tech Wright-Patterson AFB OH is the author of 'Relationship Between Social Support and Coping in Patients Undergoing Outpatient Surgery', published 1997 under ISBN 9781423579342 and ISBN 1423579348.