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Medizinische Universität Graz Autumn School „Care of older persons and chronic illness aspects“

The autumn course is adapted to the schedule of the 5th semester of the Bachelor programme  Nursing Science, but, of course, any interested students from other semesters and study programmes are welcome to join.

The deadline for application is October 1st, 2018.
The course will be held from November 26th to December 06th, 2018.

Social Inequalities in Mortality - The Increasing Advantage of the Married

It is widely known that better educated persons tend to live longer than the less educated. There is apparently less public and political awareness of the fact that marital status is also strongly associated with mortality. Yet, hundreds of studies carried out over more than 150 years have shown that those who are married have better health and live longer than those who are never-married, divorced or widowed.