02506nam 2200589Ia 450 991078246520332120230721003728.01-281-81289-797866118128980-8261-0480-0(CKB)1000000000576836(EBL)423333(OCoLC)437109721(SSID)ssj0000162423(PQKBManifestationID)11182553(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162423(PQKBWorkID)10201258(PQKB)10101013(Au-PeEL)EBL423333(CaPaEBR)ebr10265374(CaONFJC)MIL181289(MiAaPQ)EBC423333(EXLCZ)99100000000057683620060605d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGerontology[electronic resource] perspectives and issues /Janet M. Wilmoth, Kenneth F. Ferraro, editors3rd ed.New York Springer Pub.c20071 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8261-0230-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 IndexDesignated 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 interdiscGerontologyUnited StatesOlder peopleGerontologyOlder people.305.260973Wilmoth Janet M(Janet May)1465446Ferraro Kenneth F1465447MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782465203321Gerontology3675454UNINA