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Titolo: | The challenges of aging / / the editors of Salem Press |
Pubblicazione: | Ipswich, Massachusetts : , : Salem Press, , [2017] |
�2017 | |
Edizione: | Second edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (iv, 72 pages) : color illustrations |
Disciplina: | 305.26 |
Soggetto topico: | Aging |
Older people | |
Old age | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Growing old : biological & physiological aging -- Growing old : psychological aging -- Growing old : social aging -- Aging challenges : ageism -- Age & social isolation -- Aging and culture, race & ethnicity -- Aging theory : social conflict analysis -- Aging theory : modernization theory -- Symbolic interaction analysis : activity theory -- The functionalist perspective : disengagement theory -- Elderly and technology -- Ethical issues of death & dying. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. This volume offers an intriguing overview of sociology as it applies to the challenges of aging. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The challenges of aging |
ISBN: | 1-4298-4353-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910136224703321 |
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