Atheroslerosis, cognitive impairment, and depression in old age.
Vinkers, D.J.Citation
Vinkers, D. J. (2005, September 15). Atheroslerosis, cognitive impairment, and depression
in old age. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3386
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Stellingen
1. Atherosclerosis contributes to cognitive decline but not to depression in old age. (This thesis).
2. Cognitive impairment precedes the onset of depression and not the other way round. (This thesis).
3. Depression does not specifically increase cardiovascular mortality in old age. (This thesis).
4. The increased mortality risk attributable to depression in old age is dependent on the presence of perceived loneliness.
(This thesis).
5. Cognitive leisure activity in old age is associated with a reduced decline of global cognitive function, attention, and processing speed.
(This thesis).
6. Voor dokters is opleiding in de humaniora van even groot belang als opleiding in de exacte wetenschappen.
(van Gijn J, The language of medicine, Ned Tijdschr Geneesk 2003; 147: 1-3).
7. What is needed is the development of a hybrid between medicine and philosophy, similar to that existing between medicine and science.
(Fulford KWM, Moral theory and medical practice, 1995, p. 283)
8. Een empirische wetenschap zal altijd uitgaan van fenomenen en tot deze terugkeren. (Kuiper PC, Nederlands handboek der psychiatrie, 1958, p. 51)
