Middle-aged and elderly people with respiratory diseases

Author: Yao Tianqiao et al.
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Publishing Date: 2000-07-01
Features: China's population structure is shifting towards aging, with this trend more pronounced in large and medium-sized cities. Taking Beijing as an example, the proportion of the population aged 60 and above reached 10.36% in 1987 and 12.48% in 1994. These figures indicate the aging trend of Beijing's population structure, with middle-aged and elderly individuals becoming the main demographic. The extension of human lifespan is a significant marker of social progress and an inevitable outcome of advancements in society, economy, and technology. However, as a developed and civilized society, there remains the critical issue of improving the quality of life and well-being of the aging population. Simply put, people desire both longevity and health, which should be a vital societal goal that the entire community strives to achieve.
The aspiration for "both longevity and health" is accelerating the transformation of medical models, fostering rapid development in health revolutions, and driving the mindset renewal of healthcare professionals. A key point here is that healthcare providers must not only focus on patients but also on healthy individuals; they should not only offer medical technical services to patients but also provide medical knowledge services to the general population. This means that healthcare professionals must use methods such as health education, health promotion, health counseling, and health guidance to impart health-maintenance knowledge to people, enabling the general public to develop self-care abilities and shift from being passive recipients of care to self-serving individuals. This, in turn, promotes the rise and development of self-care among the societal population.
I believe that this is one of the fundamental goals of medical development, a key path to achieving longevity and health, and a crucial measure for realizing the objectives of a developed and civilized society. Based on this understanding, we organized a group of experienced elderly experts from Beijing's medical community and selected China Environmental Science Press to compile and publish this series, Medical Experts Discuss Middle-Aged and Elderly Health.
The series aims to convey the mysteries of life and health-maintenance knowledge to the middle-aged and elderly friends in an accessible and engaging manner, helping them grasp the "key" to longevity and health and enhancing their self-care abilities. The series not only elucidates knowledge on the prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of common middle-aged and elderly diseases but also dedicates separate volumes to topics such as psychological disorders, health preservation, sexuality, and menopause. In essence, this series offers a relatively comprehensive and in middle-aged and elderly health, with strong knowledge,, and readability.
The series is not only beneficial for the health and longevity of every middle-aged and elderly individual but also contributes to the development of social, psychological, and biomedicine models. It is highly beneficial for the comprehensive prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, chronic diseases, and degenerative diseases, which are poised to become the primary killers of humanity.