Health, Wellbeing, Competence, and Aging

Ch. 1. Chinese medicine has a lot to offer / Ping-Chung Leung -- ch. 2. Extended view of a bio-psycho-socio-eco-cultural model and the self-understanding of Western medicine and new public health / Walter Kofler -- ch. 3. The Hong Kong cadenza philosophy / Ruby Yu and Jean Woo -- ch. 4. Longevity, life satisfaction, money and aging / David Schnaiter -- ch. 5. Understanding between generations: a practicable way to help create a society fit for all ages / Christa Erhart, Susanne Schinagl and Peter Erhart -- ch. 6. The life as a struggle for immortality: history of ideas in Russian gerontology (with immunoneuroendocrine bias) / Leonid P. Churilov and Yury I. Stroev -- ch. 7. Promoting the elderly health in Hong Kong: strategies and actions / Wai Man Chan -- ch. 8. Integrative medicine and anti-aging in Japan / Kazuhiko Atsumi -- ch. 9. Medical resonance therapy music / Dr. Ernest HM, Ma -- ch. 10. Neuroscience and meditation / Tatia M.C. Lee [und weitere] -- ch. 11. Shaolin mind-body exercise as a neuropsychological intervention / Agnes Suiyin Chan and Sophia Laiman Sze -- ch. 12. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy as a tool for quality control of traditional Chinese herbal medicines / Lukas Bittner, Stefan Schönbichler and Christian Huck