Aging : its challenge to the individual and to society : [papers] / / edited by William C. Bier [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Fordham University Press, [1974]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 292 p. )
• Disciplina: 301.43/5
• Soggetto topico: Gerontology; Retirement; Older people; Human Activities; Medicine; Health Occupations; Occupations; Geriatrics; Social Welfare & Social Work; Social Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Conference proceedings.; Congress.
• Altri autori: BierWilliam Christian <1911-1980>
• Persona (resp. second.): BierWilliam Christian <1911-1980, >
• Note generali: "Sponsored by the Psychology Department of Fordham University."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies.
• Nota di contenuto: I. Aging in perspective : historical, cultural, religious -- Aging in preindustrial and in contemporary industrial societies / Charles F. O'Donnell -- The aged in Chinese and Japanese cultures / Gino K. Piovesana -- The challenge of aging for contemporary religion / William F. Hogan -- ; II. The basic scientific dimensions -- Demography of aging / Leon F. Bouvier -- Physiology of aging / Nathan W. Shock -- Sociology of aging / Howard A. Rosencranz -- ; III. The psychology and psychopathology of aging -- Psychology of aging / M. Powell Lawton -- Individual differences in aging / Anne Anastasi -- Psychopathology of aging / Robert J. Campbell -- ; IV. Retirement : center of the aging challenge -- Retirement : the emerging social pattern / Ruth G. Bennett -- Pre-retirement : planning and programs / Vito A. Giordano -- Retirement among priests and religious / Rose Mary Strain -- ; V. The experience of retirement -- The experience of a retired priest / Benjamin L. Masse -- The experiences of a retired businessman / Samuel Scheiber -- The experience of a retired nun / Marie Laurette Lovely -- The experience of a retired business executive / Harry A. Schwartz -- The experience of a retired religious educator / Rae Bragman -- ; VI. The challenge for the aging individual -- The challenge of aging for married partners / Seymour B. Jacobson -- Aging and career development / Tom Hickey -- The prospect of death / Leo J. O'Donovan -- ; VII. The challenge for society -- The older person and his family / Mary Scholastica Handren -- Community services to the aging / Clare J. Kagel -- Creating homes for the aged / John B. Ahern -- ; VIII. Successful aging : the ultimate challenge -- A sociological viewpoint / Marie Mercedes Hartman -- A psychological viewpoint / Comilda S. Weinstock -- A religious viewpoint / Rosaria Buesching.
• Titolo autorizzato: Aging
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996208307903316
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