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| The biological event in which a woman's production of sex hormones is sharply reduced |
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| The desire, in middle age, to use one's accumulated wisdomto guide future generations |
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| A discontinuation of development and desire to recapture the past |
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| Decremental model of aging |
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| Idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable age. |
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| Prejudice or discrimination against the elderly |
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| Decreases in mental abilites experienced by some people in old age |
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| A condition that destroys a persons ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care of herself or himself |
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| A facility designed to care for the special needs of dying |
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| The study of dying and death |
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