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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454249903321

Titolo

Gerontology [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives and issues / / Janet M. Wilmoth, Kenneth F. Ferraro, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-281-81289-7

9786611812898

0-8261-0480-0

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilmothJanet M (Janet May)

FerraroKenneth F

Disciplina

305.260973

Soggetti

Gerontology - United States

Older people

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: AGING SCHOLARSHIP; PART II: PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF AGING; PART III: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING; PART IV: PUBLIC POLICY; Afterword; Subject Index; Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

Designated a Doody's Core Title!. THE GROUNDBREAKING TEXT ON GERONTOLOGY, UPDATED TO ADDRESS THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF THE STUDY OF AGING.: What is Gerontology?.; How Does Aging Affect the Mind and the Body?.; How Does Social Context Influence Aging and Life Course Development?.; What are the Needs and Interests of an Older Population?. These questions are sparking the most important research in gerontology, and this third edition of the perennial text brings the research and its resulting theories from across the various disciplines into one broad overview of gerontology. This interdisc